Research Interests

• The effects of aging, cardiometabolic risk factors, and regular physical activity on vascular endothelial function.

• 2001-2005, B.S., Clinical Exercise Science, Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY
• 2005-2007, M.S., Exercise Science, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
• 2012 (expected), Ph.D., Integrative Physiology, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO

• BR Weil, SA Byrne, T Baynard, JA Kanaley. Vascular function is impaired early after the initiation of chronic cigarette smoking. Artery Reseach 2009; (In press).

• BR Weil, ML Mestek CM Westby, GP Van Guilder, JJ Greiner, BL Stauffer, and CA DeSouza. Short sleep duration is associated with greater endothelin-1 vasoconstrictor tone. Presented at ET-11: APS International Conference on Endothelin, Montreal, Canada, 2009.


• ML Mestek, BR Weil, CM westby, GP Van Guilder, JJ Greiner, BL Stauffer, and CA DeSouza. Osteopenia is associated with increased endothelin-1 mediated tone in postmenopausal women. Presented at the American Physiological Society Conference: Sex Steroids and Gender in Cardiovascular-Renal Physiology and Pathophysiology, Broomfield, CO, 2009.


• KJ Diehl-Sutton, CM Westby, BR Weil, OJ MacEneaney, RG Morgan, ML Mestek, EJ Kushner, JJ Greiner, CA DeSouza. Effects of endothelin-1 on endothelial progenitor cell function. The FASEB Journal. 2009; 23:965.14. [Poster]. Presented at the Experimental Biology meeting, New Orleans, LA, 2009. Recipient of the 2009 Caroline tum Suden/Francis Hellebrandt Preofessional Opportunity Award.


• ML Mestek, BL Stauffer, CM Westby, BR Weil, GP Van Guilder, E Connick, CA DeSouza. Endothelial fibrinolytic capacity is impaired in HIV-1 infected men and is associated with oxidative stress. Presented at the 16th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, Montreal, QC, Canada, 2009.


• BR Weil, SA Byrne, T Baynard, JA Kanaley. Acute exercise and the vasodilatory capacity of young cigarette smokers. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise. 40(5) Supplement 1: S308, May 2008. Presented at the annual meeting of the American College of Sports Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, 2008.