Martha Clare Morris Explained

Martha Clare Morris
Birth Name:Martha Clare Chinn
Birth Date:1955
Death Date: (aged 64)
Death Place:Oak Park, Illinois
Workplaces:University of Iowa
Rush University Medical Center
Alma Mater:University of Iowa
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Thesis Year:1992
Known For:MIND diet

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.

Early life and education

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]

Career

Morris worked with Denis Evans while completing her ScD and, in 1992, moved to Rush University Medical Center in Chicago with him. On Evans' retirement some years later, Morris became director of the Institute for Healthy Aging at Rush.

Her research focused on diet, rather than just genetics, being a significant contributor to dementia, in particular Alzheimer's disease. Leading a team of researchers at Rush, she developed the Mediterranean-DASH Intervention for Neurodegenerative Delay diet, commonly known as the MIND diet.

Morris died of cancer at her Oak Park home on February 15, 2020.

Works

Book

Selected journal articles

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Megan. Graydon. 2020-03-05. Martha Clare Morris, Rush researcher who studied link between diet and dementia, dies at 64. 2022-02-23. Chicago Tribune.
  2. Web site: 2020-02-20. Martha Clare Morris, ScD, 1955-2020. 2022-02-23. Rush University Medical Center. en.