Research Information on Independent Living - RIIL

Health Promotion and the Prevention of Secondary Conditions in People with Disabilities

About the Presenters

Margaret (Peg) A. Nosek, PhD is professor and executive director of the Center for Research on Women with Disabilities in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Baylor College of Medicine. She is an internationally recognized authority on women with disabilities and independent living for persons with disabilities. She has done considerable research and writing on developments in public policy that affect the ability of people with disabilities to live independently in the community; and is recognized as one of the first to examine scientifically the health of women with disabilities. Topics she is currently funded to investigate on women with disabilities include: the cost of depression and other secondary conditions, self-esteem enhancement, health promotion, abuse, and aging. Dr. Nosek's accomplishments are reflected in her many publications and presentations at national and international conferences. Dr. Nosek is recipient of numerous awards for her research and advocacy by local, state and national organizations. As a person with a severe physical disability, she has been both a pioneer and an activist in the disability right movement, including vigorously supporting passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act. The President's Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities has honored her as a "Disability Patriot."

Beth Mastel-Smith is a licensed nurse. She holds a Bachelor's of Science in Nursing from the Intercollegiate Center for Nursing Education and a Masters of Science in Health Education from Whitworth College. She is enrolled in a Ph.D. program in Nursing at Texas Woman's University. Ms. Smith served as project coordinator at the Center for Health Research in Portland, Oregon and the Director of the Aquatic Center in Spokane, Washington, where she developed leading edge health promotion programs. She is the former Director for Training and Education at the TSAO Foundation in Singapore where she managed health education programs related to aging. Ms. Smith has extensive experience coordinating clinical trials, training and education, and the development of materials for print.

Contact Information

Center for Research on Women with Disabilities
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Baylor College of Medicine
3440 Richmond, Suite B
Houston, TX 77046
713-960-0505
713-961-3555 fax
mnosek@bcm.tmc.edu
www.bcm.tmc.edu/crowd/

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