Grants We Funded
Grant applicants for the 2023 cycle requested a total of nearly $4 million dollars. The PSF Study Section Subcommittees of Basic & Translational Research and Clinical Research evaluated nearly 140 grant applications on the following topics:
The PSF awarded research grants totaling over $1 million dollars to support nearly 30 plastic surgery research proposals.
ASPS/PSF leadership is committed to continuing to provide high levels of investigator-initiated research support to ensure that plastic surgeons have the needed research resources to be pioneers and innovators in advancing the practice of medicine.
Research Abstracts
Search The PSF database to have easy access to full-text grant abstracts from past PSF-funded research projects 2003 to present. All abstracts are the work of the Principal Investigators and were retrieved from their PSF grant applications. Several different filters may be applied to locate abstracts specific to a particular focus area or PSF funding mechanism.
Artificial Intelligence for Diagnosing Occult Scaphoid Fractures in Radiographs
Alfred Yoon MD · University of Michigan, Section of Plastic Surgery
Bacterial Biofilm Formation on Breast Implants in Reconstruction and BIA-ALCL
Terence Myckatyn MD · The Washington University
Biomarkers of Trapeziometacarpal Osteoarthritis
Heather Baltzer MD · University Health Network
Blood Siloxanes and Urinary Methylsilanols to Detect Ruptured Silicone Implants
Michael Delong MD · The Regents of the University of California, Los Angeles
BMP-2 Alveolar Bone Reconstruction in the Growing Facial Skeleton
Alexander Lin MD · Saint Louis University
Breast Reconstruction Decision Making & Outcomes in Latinas & African Americans
Amy Alderman MD · University of Michigan
Cell Contractility in Dupuytren's Disease
Howie Levinson MD, FACS · Duke University Medical Center
Cellular Therapy with Tolerogenic Cells in Face Transplant Model
Maria Siemionow MD, PhD · The Cleveland Clinic
Changes in sensory neurons related to acute and delayed TMR and RPNI
Gwendolyn Hoben MD, PhD · The Medical College of Wisconsin, Inc.
Collagen Nanogel for Wound Healing
Paige Fox MD, PhD · Stanford University School of Medicine