Christopher A. DeSouza, Ph.D.
Department of Kinesiology and Applied Physiology
University of Colorado
Boulder, CO 80309-0354
phone: 303-492-2988
fax: 303-492-6778
e-mail:desouzac@stripe.colorado.edu
Research Interests
- Effects of aging, cardiovascular and metabolic risk factors, and regular physical activity on nitric oxide bioavailability and vascular endothelial function.
- Human Cardiovascular Research Laboratory.
- 1984-1988, B.P.H.E., University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
- 1989-1991, M.A., The George Washington University, Washington, D.C.
- 1991-1995, Ph.D., University of Maryland, College Park, MD
- 1995-Present, Research Associate, Department of Kinesiology and Applied Physiology, University of Colorado, Boulder , CO
- 1997-Present, Associate Faculty, Center for Physical Activity, Disease Prevention, and Aging, University of Colorado, Boulder CO
- 1992-1995, Instructor, Department of Kinesiology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
- 1993, Instructor, School of Education and Human Development, The George Washington University, Washington, D.C.
- 1998-2003, Mentored Research Scientist Development Award, National Institutes of Health
- 1995-1998, Postdoctoral Research Supplement, National Institutes of Health
- 1995, Graduate Student Research Award, American College of Sports Medicine
- Tanaka H, DeSouza CA, Seals DR: Absence of age-related increase in central arterial stiffness in physically active women. Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology 18:127-132, 1998.
- Tanaka H, CM Clevenger, PP Jones, DR Seals, CA DeSouza. Influence of body fatness on the coronary risk profile of physically-active postmenopausal women. Metabolism 47:1112-1120, 1998.
- DeSouza CA, PP Jones, DR Seals. Physical activity status and adverse age-related differences in coagulation and fibrinolytic factors in women. Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology 18:362-368, 1998.
- Hunt BE, KP Davy, PP Jones, CA DeSouza, RE Van Pelt, H Tanaka, DR Seals. Role of central circulatory factors in the fat-free mass-maximal aerobic capacity relation across age in humansAmerican Journal of Physiology: 275: 1178-1182, 1998.
- Van Pelt RE, KP Davy, ET Stevenson, TM Wilson, PP Jones, CA DeSouza, DR Seals. Smaller differences in total and regional adiposity with age in regularly exercising compared with sedentary womenAmerican Journal of Physiology: 275:E626-E634, 1998.
