Martha Clare Morris
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Martha Clare Morris | |
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| Born | Martha Clare Chinn 1955 |
| Died | February 15, 2020 (aged 64) Oak Park, Illinois, U.S. |
| Alma mater | University of Iowa Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health |
| Known for | MIND diet |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | University of Iowa Rush University Medical Center |
| Thesis | (1992) |
Martha Clare Morris (1955 – February 15, 2020) was an American nutritional epidemiologist who studied the link between diet and Alzheimer's disease. She led a team of researchers at the Rush University Medical Center to develop the MIND diet.
Martha Clare Chinn grew up in Flossmoor, Illinois. She graduated from Homewood Flossmoor High School. She completed an undergraduate degree at the University of Iowa, followed by a master of sociology at the same university.[1] She undertook her doctoral studies at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, graduating with an ScD.[2]