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Beth Marks

Research Associate Professor, Disability and Human Development

Office Phone

312-413-4097

Office

1640 W. Roosevelt Rd., 736 DHSP

Mail Code

626

Office Hours

By appointment

Related Sites

HealthMatters Program

About

Beth Marks, PhD, RN, FAAN is a Research Associate Professor in the Department of Disability and Human Development, University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) and Past President of the National Organization of Nurses with Disabilities. She co-directs the HealthMatters Program (HealthMattersProgram.org) and research programs related to the empowerment and advancement of people with disabilities through health promotion initiatives and primary health care. She has also published numerous articles and books related to health promotion, health advocacy, and primary health care including the Health Matters: The Exercise and Nutrition Health Education Curriculum for People with Developmental Disabilities and Health Matters for People with Developmental Disabilities: Creating a Sustainable Health Promotion Program. She also co-produced a documentary film entitled Open the Door, Get 'Em a Locker: Educating Nursing Students with Disabilities (www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3WQtR7yUpI).

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Education

PhD, Disability Studies, Primary Health Care, Occupational Health, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1996
MSN, Community Health, Occupational Health, University of Cincinnati, 1991