Mark participated in the National University of Health Sciences (NUHS) Evidence Based Practice (EBP) Mentored Research Program (MRP) with partner institution, the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) School of Public Health (SPH) in the Environmental and Occupational Health (EOHS) division. Currently, Mark is finishing his Doctor of Chiropractic (DC) degree at NUHS while continuing research on injuries due to falls. Accepted to the UIC PhD program, Mark will start in 2011 concurrent with his DC.