Morvarid Karimi (, 25 September 1971 – 21 May 2016) was an Iranian-American medical researcher and clinician. She was an assistant professor of

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. Karimi focused her research on neuroimaging of the pathophysiology of movement disorders including Parkinson disease and dystonia.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Karimi, Morvarid Iranian emigrants to the United States Iranian neurologists Iranian human rights activists 21st-century Iranian women scientists 1971 births 2016 deaths 20th-century Iranian physicians 20th-century Iranian women physicians 21st-century Iranian women physicians 21st-century Iranian physicians University of Münster alumni Washington University School of Medicine faculty