The professional award honors an article and the graduate and undergraduate student awards, a paper written in the spirit of Rudolf Virchow, that is deemed by the judges to best reflect, extend or advance critical perspectives in medical anthropology. These are materialist approaches that emphasize the social and political economic nature of health, disease and […]

The Hughes Prize will be awarded for the best paper written by a graduate student. Papers must have been written while a student, in this or the preceding academic year only. The journal Medical Anthropology Quarterly (MAQ) will have the right of first refusal on winning manuscripts. Winners serve on the judging committee in the […]

NOTE: “There will be no award competition for 2011 as the Margaret Clark Award is currently going through an administrative transition. It is hoped that the competition will return in 2012.” Given to the outstanding paper in anthropology and gerontology. An extended summary of the winning manuscript will be published in the AAGE Newsletter. The […]