[2] Dr. Clark later earned a Professor Emerita position at University of California, San Francisco where she taught medical anthropology through a joint graduate program she created.
[3] In her research, Clark explores the effects of cultural practices through experiments, field studies, interviews, and literature on oral traditions.
[8] Her list of published works includes: Clark revolutionized the field of anthropology by being one of the first to emphasize the importance of social and cultural background in health and medicine.
[2] The Association of Anthropology, Gerontology and the Life Course created the annual “Margaret Clark Award” in 1994 to honor her commitment to mentoring younger colleagues.
[12] The UCSF Department of Anthropology, History & Social Medicine created the M. Margaret Clark Memorial Fund in her honor at the time of her death in 2003, with the goal of inspiring and training future generations of medical anthropologists.
[12] UCSF began expanding the fund in 2014 to integrate new aspects, such as the annual M. Margaret Clark Memorial Lecture, in order to promote her quest for a cultural understanding of the development and practices of health and medicine.