Research Interests

• Effects of age, obesity on the vasomotor and thromboprotective properties of endothelial progenitor cells.

• 2000-2004, B.S., Ft. Lewis College, Durango, CO
• 2009 (expected), Ph.D., University of Colorado, Boulder, CO

Manuscripts

• BL Stauffer, 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.
  
  
• Kushner E, GP Van Guilder, 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, 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

Published Abstract and Presentations

• BL Stauffer, OJ MacEneaney, GL Hoetzer, EJ Kushner, JN Cech, CM Westby, CA DeSouza. Gender and circulating endothelial progenitor cell number and apoptosis. APS Sex and Gender in Cardiovascular-Renal Physiology and Pathophysiology. 2007.


• BL Stauffer, R Sobus, EJ Kushner, CM Westby, S Lajud, T Zeller, T Wulfman, and CA DeSouza. Feasibility of Molecular Analysis of Percutaneously Collected Peripheral Atheroma. Presented at TCT 2007.


• GP Van Guilder, OJ MacEneaney, CM Westby, EJ Kushner, JJ Greiner, BL Stauffer, CA DeSouza. Prehypertension and endothelial progenitor cell function. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 28:e146, 2008. Presented at the annual Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology meeting, Atlanta, GA, 2008.


• OJ MacEneaney, EJ Kushner, JN Cech, CM Westby, JJ Greiner, BL Stauffer, CA DeSouza. Influence of adiposity on endothelial progenitor cell number and clonogenic capacity. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 28:e145. 2008. Presented at the annual Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology meeting, Atlanta, GA, 2008.


• EJ Kushner, RG Morgan, JN Cech, CM Westby, JJ Greiner, BL Stauffer, CA DeSouza. Aging is associated with a proapoptotic endothelial progenitor cell phenotype. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol.28:e140, 2008. Presented at the annual Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology meeting, Atlanta, GA, 2008.