Research Interests

• Effects of aging, cardiometabolic risk factors, and physical activity on vascular endothelial function
• Special emphasis on aging and endothelin 1 (ET-1) mediated vasoconstrictor tone

• 1994-1999, B.A.,University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
• 1999-2001, M.S.,University of Colorado, Boulder, CO

• Van Guilder GP, BL Stauffer, JJ Greiner, and CA DeSouza Impaired endothelium-dependent vasodilation in overweight and obese adult humans is not limited to muscarinic receptor agonists. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 294: H1685-H1692, 2008.


• Van Guilder GP, Hoetzer GL, Greiner JJ, Stauffer BL, DeSouza CA. Metabolic syndrome and endothelial fibrinolytic capacity in obese adults. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol. 2008 Jan;294(1):R39-44.


• Van Guilder GP, Hoetzer GL, Greiner JJ, Stauffer BL, DeSouza CA. Acute and chronic effects of vitamin C on endothelial fibrinolytic function in overweight and obese adult humans. J Physiol. 2008: 586(14): 3525-3535.

• Erich J. Kushner, Richard G. Morgan, Jennifer N. Cech, Christian M. Westby, Jared J. Greiner, Brian L. Stauffer, Christopher A. DeSouza. Aging is associated with a proapoptotic endothelial progenitor cell phenotype. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2008;28:e140.


• Owen J. MacEneaney, Erich J. Kushner, Jennifer N. Cech, Christian M. Westby, Jared J. Greiner, Brian L. Stauffer, Christopher A. DeSouza. Influence of adiposity on endothelial progenitor cell number and clonogenic capacity. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2008;28:e145.


• Gary P. Van Guilder, Owen J. MacEneaney, Christian M. Westby, Erich J. Kushner, Jared J. Greiner, Brian L. Stauffer, Christopher A. DeSouza. Prehypertension and endothelial progenitor cell function. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2008;28:e146.