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Daniel Moerman

Daniel Moerman

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Daniel Ellis Moerman (born 1941) is an American medical anthropologist and ethnobotanist, and an emeritus professor of anthropology at the University of Michigan-Dearborn.[2] He is known for his work relating to Native American ethnobotany and the placebo effect.

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Education and career

Moerman was born in Paterson, New Jersey.[3] He received his AB, MA and PhD degrees in anthropology from the University of Michigan in 1963, 1965, and 1974, respectively.[1] He became a professor of anthropology at the University of Michigan-Dearborn in 1984, and was appointed the William E. Stirton Professor of Anthropology at the university in 1994.[1]

Research

Moerman has spent over 25 years developing a catalogue of over 4,000 plants used by Native Americans for medicinal purposes.[4][5] He has also published studies on the placebo effect, one of which found that more people with stomach ulcers were healed when taking four placebos per day than when taking two.[6]

Awards and honors

In 1991, Moerman became the first faculty member at the University of Michigan's Dearborn campus to receive the University's Distinguished Faculty Governance Award.[7]

References

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    "Daniel E. Moerman Curriculum Vitae" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 August 2011. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
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    "Daniel Moerman". University of Michigan Dearborn. Archived from the original on 23 February 2015. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
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    "Moerman, Daniel E. 1941–". Contemporary Authors. 1 January 2007. Archived from the original on 29 March 2015. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
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    Sackman, Douglas (2010). A Companion to American Environmental History. John Wiley & Sons. p. 337. ISBN 9781444323627.
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    "BRIT - Native American Ethnobotany Database". naeb.brit.org. Retrieved 2016-06-13.
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    Evans, Dylan (2004). Placebo: Mind Over Matter in Modern Medicine. Oxford University Press. p. 35. ISBN 978-0-19-522054-4.
  7. [7]
    Rosoff, Stephen (September–October 1989). "UM-Dearborn Professor Daniel Moerman wins University's Governance Award". Michigan Alumnus: 14.
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