Research Interests

• The effects of aging, cardiovascular and metabolic risk factors, and habitual physical activity on vascular endothelial function (e.g. nitric oxide bioavailability and thromboresistance).
• Integrative Vascular Biology Laboratory (IVB Lab)

• 1987-1991, B.S.,Biology (minor, Computer Science), Eastern Mennonite University, Harrisonburg, VA
• 1993-1994, Howard Hughes Medical Student Research Training Fellowship under the guidance of Russell L. Moore, Ph.D., Professor of Kinesiology and Applied Physiology, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO and Joseph Y. Cheung, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Medicine & Cellular & Molecular Physiology, Penn State University, College of Medicine.
• 1991-1996, M.D. (conferred May 19, 1996), The Penn State University College of Medicine, Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA

• 1996-1999, Internal Medicine Training Program, University Hospitals of Cleveland, Cleveland, OH. Board Eligible in Internal Medicine July 1, 1999. Board Certified in Internal Medicine October, 1999.
• 1999-2005, Clinical Fellow, Cardiology Fellowship Training Program University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO.
• 2000-2005, Instructor, Department of Medicine University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO.
• 2000-present, Medical Director, Integrative Vascular Biology Laboratory, Department of Integrative Physiology, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO.
• 2005-present, Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Denver Health and University of Colorado at Denver and the Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO.

• Kushner E, GP Vanguilder, OJ MacEneaney, JN Cech, BL Stauffer, CA DeSouza. Aging is Associated with Reduced Endothelial Progenitor Cell Telomere Length in Healthy Men. Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, 47: 47-50, 2009.


• Stauffer, BL, EJ Kushner, T Wulfman, T Zeller, R Sobus, CM Westby. Transcriptional Regulation of B2-Microglobulin Demonstrated Via a Novel Genomic and Proteomic Analysis of Percutaneously Collected Peripheral Atheroma. Clinical and Translational Science, 1: 240-244, 2008.


• Stauffer BL, OJ MacEneaney, EJ Kushner, JN Cech, JJ Greiner, CM Westby, CA DeSouza. Gender and Endothelial Progenitor Cell Number in Middle-Aged Adults. Artery Research, 2: 156-160, 2008.


• Van Guilder GP, GL Hoetzer, JJ Greiner, BL Stauffer and CA DeSouza. Acute and chronic effects of vitamin C on endothelial fibrinolytic function in overweight and obese adult humans. J Physiol, 586: 3525-3535, 2008.


• Stauffer BL, CM Westby, CA DeSouza. Endothelin-1, Aging and Hypertension. Current Opinions in Cardiology, 23:350-355, 2008.

• Stauffer BL, GP Van Guilder, JJ Greiner, CA DeSouza. Metabolic Syndrome and Endothelial Tissue-type Plasminogen (t-PA) Release in Older Adults. Presented at the Northwest Cardiovascular Young Investigator's Forum, October 4, 2008.


• Stauffer BL, R Sobus. Sex Differences in Connexin 43 in a Model of Pathologic Hypertrophy. Circulation Research, 103:e45, 2008. Presented at the 2008 American Heart Association Basic Cardiovascular Sciences Conference: Heart Failure: Molecular Mechanisms and Therapeutic Targets.