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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]].<ref>{{cite web |
'''Daniel Ellis Moerman''' (born 1941) is an American medical anthropologist and ethnobotanist, and an emeritus professor of anthropology at the [[University of Michigan-Dearborn]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://umdearborn.edu/casl/dmoerman/ |title=Daniel Moerman |work=University of Michigan Dearborn |accessdate=23 February 2015 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150223185154/http://umdearborn.edu/casl/dmoerman/ |archivedate=23 February 2015 |df= }}</ref> He is known for his work relating to Native American [[ethnobotany]] and the [[placebo effect]]. |
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==Education and career== |
==Education and career== |
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Moerman was born in [[Paterson, New Jersey]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G2-2699200099.html | title=Moerman, Daniel E. 1941– | work=Contemporary Authors | date=1 January 2007 | accessdate=23 February 2015}}</ref> He received his AB, MA and PhD degrees in anthropology from the [[University of Michigan]] in 1963, 1965, and 1974, respectively.<ref name=cv/> 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.<ref name=cv/> |
Moerman was born in [[Paterson, New Jersey]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G2-2699200099.html | title=Moerman, Daniel E. 1941– | work=Contemporary Authors | date=1 January 2007 | accessdate=23 February 2015}}</ref> He received his AB, MA and PhD degrees in anthropology from the [[University of Michigan]] in 1963, 1965, and 1974, respectively.<ref name=cv/> 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.<ref name=cv/> |
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Daniel Ellis Moerman | |
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Born | |
Alma mater | University of Michigan |
Known for | Work in ethnobotany and the placebo effect |
Awards | University of Michigan Distinguished Faculty Governance Award (1991)[1] |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Medical anthropology |
Institutions | University of Michigan-Dearborn |
Thesis | Extended family and popular medicine on St. Helena Island, S.C. : adaptations to marginality (1974) |
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.
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
- ^ a b c "Daniel E. Moerman Curriculum Vitae" (PDF). Retrieved 23 February 2015.
- ^ "Daniel Moerman". University of Michigan Dearborn. Archived from the original on 23 February 2015. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
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suggested) (help) - ^ "Moerman, Daniel E. 1941–". Contemporary Authors. 1 January 2007. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
- ^ Sackman, Douglas (2010). A Companion to American Environmental History. John Wiley & Sons. p. 337.
- ^ "BRIT - Native American Ethnobotany Database". naeb.brit.org. Retrieved 2016-06-13.
- ^ Evans, Dylan (2004). Placebo: Mind Over Matter in Modern Medicine. Oxford University Press. p. 35.
- ^ Rosoff, Stephen (September–October 1989). "UM-Dearborn Professor Daniel Moerman wins University's Governance Award". Michigan Alumnus: 14.