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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.cite-ref-2[2] He is known for his work relating to Native American ethnobotany and the placebo effect.

• Education and career

• Research

• Awards and honors

• References

Moerman was born in Paterson, New Jersey.cite-ref-3[3] He received his AB, MA and PhD degrees in anthropology from the University of Michigan in 1963, 1965, and 1974, respectively.cite-ref-cv-1-1[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.cite-ref-cv-1-2[1]

Moerman has spent over 25 years developing a catalogue of over 4,000 plants used by Native Americans for medicinal purposes.cite-ref-4[4]cite-ref-5[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.cite-ref-6[6]

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.cite-ref-7[7]

cite-note-cv-11. "Daniel E. Moerman Curriculum Vitae" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 August 2011. Retrieved 23 February 2015.

cite-note-22. ↑ "Daniel Moerman". University of Michigan Dearborn. Archived from the original on 23 February 2015. Retrieved 23 February 2015.

cite-note-33. ↑ "Moerman, Daniel E. 1941–". Contemporary Authors. 1 January 2007. Archived from the original on 29 March 2015. Retrieved 23 February 2015.

cite-note-44. ↑ citerefsackman-douglas2010Sackman, Douglas (2010). A Companion to American Environmental History. John Wiley & Sons. p. 337. ISBN 9781444323627.

cite-note-55. ↑ "BRIT - Native American Ethnobotany Database". naeb.brit.org. Retrieved 2016-06-13.

cite-note-66. ↑ citerefevans-dylan2004Evans, Dylan (2004). Placebo: Mind Over Matter in Modern Medicine. Oxford University Press. p. 35. ISBN 978-0-19-522054-4.

cite-note-77. ↑ citerefrosoff-stephen1989Rosoff, Stephen (September–October 1989). "UM-Dearborn Professor Daniel Moerman wins University's Governance Award". Michigan Alumnus: 14.