Professor Mark Stoutenberg

Professor Mark Stoutenberg is a Deputy Director of the NIHR ARC NENC, with responsibility for supporting research inclusion

He is Head of Department in the Department of Sport and Exercise Sciences at Durham University.

Mark has been part of several randomised control trials (RCTs) involving exercise interventions in individuals with substance use disorders and breast cancer survivors.

His work on the multi-site STRIDE trial (STimulant Reduction Intervention using Dosed Exercise) remains the single largest RCT involving exercise interventions in individuals with substance use disorders. He also participated in several community-based research projects and with the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos, the most comprehensive, long-term study of health and disease in Hispanic and Latino individuals.

Mark’s current area of methodological expertise is implementation science, through which he strives to promote the adoption and integration of evidence-based practices, interventions and policies into health care and community settings.

More specifically, he examines strategies to connect patients from clinical settings to supportive community resources (clinic-community linkages) for health and wellness by forming partnerships with community health organisations leading to collaborative research projects involving healthcare systems, administrators, and providers aimed at improving the health of local residents.

Mark also works closely with Exercise is Medicine (EIM), an initiative to integrate physical activity as a standard of care into health systems around the world. Through his involvement with EIM, Mark coordinates and provides technical support to a global network of public health practitioners, primary care providers, sport and exercise medicine physicians, health system leaders, and academic leaders.