Research Interests

• Thrombolytic potential of endothelial progenitor cells

• 2008-2011 (expected), B.A./M.S., University of Colorado, Boulder, CO

Awards

• 2009 Caroline tum Suden/Francis Hellebrandt Professional Opportunity Award
• 2009 David Bruce Award Finalist

Manuscripts

• Kushner EJ, Weil BR, MacEneaney OJ, Morgan RG, Mestek ML, Van Guilder GP, Diehl KJ, Stauffer BL, DeSouza CA. Human aging and CD31⁺ T-cell number, migration, apoptotic susceptibility, and telomere length. Journal of Applied Physiology 109: 1756-1761, 2010.


• Weil BR, Kushner EJ, Diehl KJ, Greiner JJ, Stauffer BL, DeSouza CA. CD31⁺ T cells, Endothelial Function and Cardiovascular Risk. Heart, Lung and Circulation 10: 659-662, 2011.

Abstracts/Presentations

• KJ Diehl, CM Westby, BR Weil, OJ MacEneaney, RG Morgan, ML Mestek, EJ Kushner, AM Van Engelenburg, CA DeSouza. Effects of endothelin-1 on endothelial progenitor cells. The FASEB Journal. 23:965.14, 2009. Presented at the Experimental Biology meeting, New Orleans, LA, 2009. *Recipient of the 2009 Caroline tum Suden/Francis Hellebrandt Professional Opportunity Award


• Diehl KJ, Weil BR, Greiner JJ, Stauffer BL, DeSouza CA. Impaired nitric oxide-mediated endothelium-dependent vasodilation with suboptimal LDL cholesterol. FASEB Journal. 25; 1103.5, 2011. Presented at Experimental Biology, Washington, D.C. April, 2011.


• Diehl KJ, Connick E, Weil BR, Greiner JJ, Stauffer BL, DeSouza CA. Accelerated vascular aging with HIV-1 infection regardless of antiretroviral therapy status. Presented at the 17th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, Boston, MA, 2011.