In 1989, Dr. Stout graduated from Wye College, University of London with an honours degree in Animal Sciences. For 3 years she worked as a research assistant at the Thoroughbred Breeders' Association (TBA) Equine Fertility Unit (EFU), in Newmarket, Suffolk, UK. She then started a PhD at the University of Cambridge, for which she investigated 'Maternal immune responses to the equine trophoblast'. This work was carried out at the Equine Fertility Unit in Newmarket, under the supervision of Professor W.R. 'Twink' Allen. While working in Newmarket she also participated in projects that investigated aspects of reproduction in a number of exotic mammalian species, including the african elephant, african and sumatran rhino and Old World, or dromedary, camelids.

After graduating from Cambridge, Dr. Stout carried out two short postdoctoral research projects. The first, directed by Professor Allen, investigated placentation and fetal gonad development in the african elephant, and was carried out in collaboration with Professor John Skinner, then Director of the Mammal Research Institute (MRI), and Professor Rudi van Aarde from the Department of Zoology, both within the University of Pretoria, South Africa. The second project investigated the development of the chorionic girdle on the early equine conceptus and was directed by Dr. Francesca Stewart of The Babraham Institute, near Cambridge. On completing these projects, Dr. Stout moved out of laboratory based research and into scientific publishing, working as an editor for R&W Publications, Newmarket, Suffolk.

In 1999, Dr. Stout moved to Utrecht in The Netherlands, where she is working as the Managing Editor for the online current awareness journal, Veterinary Sciences Tomorrow.

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