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.
Financial Hardship after Surgery: A Mixed-Methods, Multicenter Study in India
Kavitha Ranganathan MD · Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc.
FReP cell-based Therapy for Skeletal Muscle Generation
Zhong Zheng PhD · The Regents of the University of California, Los Angeles
Healthcare Disparities in Patients Undergoing Treatment for Invasive Melanoma
Antonio Forte MD, PhD, MS · Mayo Clinic Jacksonville
Hemifacial Composite Allotransplantation Model for Nerve Regeneration Assessment
Samir Mardini MD · Mayo Clinic
Identification of Regenerative and Scarring Fibroblasts in the Orofacial Region
Michelle Griffin MD · Stanford University School of Medicine
Identification of the Human Cutaneous Fibroblast Stem Cell
Mimi Borrelli MD · Stanford University
Immune Tolerance for Surgical Transplantation of the Hand or Face
David Mathes MD · University of Washington
Impact of Treatment Variation for Deep Sternal Wound Infection
Erika Sears MD · The Regents of the University of Michigan
Implanted Bioreactor To Direct Development Of Engineered Cartilage
John van Aalst MD · The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Improving Sensory Recovery After Phalloplasty in Transmasculine Patients
Patrick Assi MD · Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC)