Mary Jane De Souza

Distinguished Professor of Kinesiology

Research Summary

Women's health and Physical Activity, Endocrinology of the Female Athlete, Effects of Exercise on the Menstrual Cycle, Female Athlete Triad (Eating disorders, amenorrhea and osteoporosis), Eating Behaviors, Food Intake, and Exercise, Luteal Phase Defects and Amenorrhea, Bone Health and Osteoporosis in Female Athletes, and Energy Deficiency and Bone Health.

Huck Affiliations

Center for Reproductive Biology and Health

Integrative and Biomedical Physiology

Publication Tags

Female Athlete Triad Syndrome Bone Density Therapeutics Randomized Controlled Trials Exercise Bone And Bones Athletes Return To Sport Consensus Metabolic Bone Diseases Health Energy Intake Sports San Francisco Amenorrhea Dietary Supplements Congresses Prunus Domestica Weight Loss Hormones Physicians Oligomenorrhea Control Groups Menstrual Cycle Guidelines

Most Recent Publications

Relationships between bone stress injury and single and combined Female Athlete Triad risk factors.

Michelle Barrack, Mary Jane De Souza, Jenna Gibbs, Nancy Williams, Jeanne Nichols, Mitchell Rauh, Aurelia Nattiv, American Journal of Sports Medicine

Prune supplementation for 12 months alters the gut microbiome in postmenopausal women

Abigayle M.R. Simpson, Mary Jane De Souza, Janhavi Damani, Connie Rogers, Nancy I. Williams, Connie Weaver, Mario G. Ferruzzi, Sydney Chadwick-Corbin, Cindy H. Nakatsu, 2022, Food and Function on p. 12316-12329

Sex-Differences and Indications of Metabolic Compensation in Within-Day Energy Balance in Elite Division 1 Swimmers.

E Lundstrom, Mary Jane De Souza, H Canil, N Williams, 2022, Applied physiology, nutrition, and metabolism = Physiologie appliquee, nutrition et metabolisme

Prunes preserve hip bone mineral density in a 12-month randomized controlled trial in postmenopausal women: the Prune Study

Mary Jane De Souza, Nicole C.A. Strock, Nancy I. Williams, Hang Lee, Kristen J. Koltun, Connie Rogers, Mario G. Ferruzzi, Cindy H. Nakatsu, Connie Weaver, 2022, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition on p. 897-910

Moderate Weight Loss is associated with Reductions in LH Pulse Frequency and Increases in 24-hour Cortisol with no change in Perceived Stress in Young Ovulatory Women

K Ruffing, K Koltun, Mary Jane De Souza, Nancy I. Williams, 2022, Physiology and Behavior on p. 113885

Bone mineral density in response to increased energy intake in exercising women with oligomenorrhea/amenorrhea: The REFUEL randomized controlled trial

Mary Jane De Souza, E Ricker, Rebecca J. Mallinson, Heather C.M. Allaway, Allaway HCM, K Koltun, Strock NCA, Nicole C.A. Strock, J Gibbs, P Kuruppumullage Don, Nancy Williams, 2022, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition on p. 1457-1472

Rationale and study design of Randomized Controlled Trial of Dietary Supplementation with prune (dried plums) on bone density, geometry, and estimated bone strength in postmenopausal women: The Prune study

Mary Jane De Souza, Strock NCA, Nicole C.A. Strock, Connie Jo Rogers, Nancy Williams, M Ferruzzi, C Nakatsu, Abigayle M.R. Simpson, Simpson AMR, C Weaver, 2022, Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications on p. 100941

A Randomized Controlled Trial of Dietary Supplementation with Prunes (Dried Plums) on Inflammatory Markers in Postmenopausal Women

Janhavi J. Damani, Nicole C.A. Strock, Mary Jane De Souza, Connie J. Rogers, 2022, FASEB Journal

The Path Towards Progress: A Critical Review to Advance the Science of the Female and Male Athlete Triad and Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport

Mary Jane De Souza, Nicole C.A. Strock, Emily A. Ricker, Kristen J. Koltun, Michelle Barrack, Elizabeth Joy, Aurelia Nattiv, Mark Hutchinson, Madhusmita Misra, Nancy I. Williams, 2022, Sports Medicine on p. 13-23

Association of diet quality and hormonal status in exercising women with menstrual disturbances

Karolina Łagowska, Nicole C.A. Strock, Kristen J. Koltun, Nancy I. Williams, Mary Jane De Souza, 2022, Applied Physiology, Nutrition and Metabolism on p. 1085-1095

Most-Cited Papers

2014 Female Athlete Triad Coalition Consensus Statement on Treatment and Return to Play of the Female Athlete Triad: 1st International conference held in San Francisco, California, May 2012 and 2nd International conference held in Indianapolis, Indiana, May 2013

Mary Jane De Souza, Aurelia Nattiv, Elizabeth Joy, Madhusmita Misra, Nancy I. Williams, Rebecca J. Mallinson, Jenna C. Gibbs, Marion Olmsted, Marci Goolsby, Gordon Matheson, 2014, British Journal of Sports Medicine on p. 289

Higher incidence of bone stress injuries with increasing female athlete triad-related risk factors: A prospective multisite study of exercising girls and women

Michelle T. Barrack, Jenna C. Gibbs, Mary Jane De Souza, Nancy I. Williams, Jeanne F. Nichols, Mitchell J. Rauh, Aurelia Nattiv, 2014, The Journal of sports medicine on p. 949-958

Prevalence of individual and combined components of the female athlete triad

Jenna C. Gibbs, Nancy I. Williams, Mary Jane De Souza, 2013, Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise on p. 985-996

2014 female athlete triad coalition consensus statement on treatment and return to play of the female athlete triad: 1st international conference held in San Francisco, CA, May 2012, and 2nd international conference held in Indianapolis, IN, May 2013

Ovarian suppression impairs sport performance in junior elite female swimmers

Jaci L. Vanheest, Carol D. Rodgers, Carrie E. Mahoney, Mary Jane De Souza, 2014, Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise on p. 156-166

Low energy availability in exercising men is associated with reduced leptin and insulin but not with changes in other metabolic hormones

Karsten Koehler, Neele R. Hoerner, Jenna C. Gibbs, Christoph Zinner, Hans Braun, Mary Jane De Souza, Wilhelm Schaenzer, 2016, Journal of Sports Sciences on p. 1921-1929

2014 female athlete triad coalition consensus statement on treatment and return to play of the female athlete triad

Elizabeth Joy, Mary Jane De Souza, Aurelia Nattiv, Madhusmita Misra, Nancy I. Williams, Rebecca J. Mallinson, Jenna C. Gibbs, Marion Olmsted, Marci Goolsby, Gordon Matheson, Michelle Barrack, Louise Burke, Barbara Drinkwater, Connie Lebrun, Anne B. Loucks, Margo Mountjoy, Jeanne Nichols, Jorunn Sundgot Borgen, 2014, Current Sports Medicine Reports on p. 219-231

Magnitude of daily energy deficit predicts frequency but not severity of menstrual disturbances associated with exercise and caloric restriction

Nancy I. Williams, Heather J. Leidy, Brenna R. Hill, Jay L. Lieberman, Richard S. Legro, Mary Jane De Souza, 2015, American Journal of Physiology on p. E29-E39

Low bone density risk is higher in exercising women with multiple triad risk factors

Jenna C. Gibbs, Aurelia Nattiv, Michelle T. Barrack, Nancy I. Williams, Mitchell J. Rauh, Jeanne F. Nichols, Mary Jane De Souza, 2014, Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise on p. 167-176

Changes in energy availability across the season in Division I female soccer players

Jennifer L. Reed, Mary Jane de Souza, Nancy I. Williams, 2013, Journal of Sports Sciences on p. 314-324

News Articles Featuring Mary Jane De Souza

Dec 06, 2022

Prunes may help prevent bone loss and preserve bone strength

In the United States, about 10 million adults over the age of 50 have osteoporosis, with women four times more likely than men to experience the condition, according to prior research.

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