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.
Improving Somatosensory Cortical Response Properties After Compsite Tissue Transplantation
Kia Washington MD · University of Pittsburgh
Inhibition of Skin Rejection in Composite Tissue Allotranplantation by Using migratory Inhibitors for Topical Immunosuppression
Stefan Schneeberger MD · University of Pittsburgh
Injectable Cellulosic Hydrogels
Peter Taub MD · Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Intraoperative Imaging of Mastectomy Skin Flaps for Breast Reconstruction
Lesley Wong MD · University of Kentucky Research Foundation
iPSC based Tissue Engineered Graft for Wound Healing
Henry Hsia MD · CT - 19/19 - Yale University School of Medicine
Lipoaspirate: Its Potential to Repair Radiation Damage in a Murine Model
Alexes Hazen MD · New York University Medical Center
Measuring Patient Expectations for Breast Reconstruction
Andrea Pusic MD, MHS, FACS, FRCSC · Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Mechanism of Hemangioma: Role of Follicle-Stimulating Hormone
Reid Maclellan MD, MMSc · Children's Hospital Boston
Microfluidic Purification of Adipose-derived Cell Populations
Adam Katz MD · The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia
Micro-mechanical Forces to Stimulate Wound Healing
Dennis Orgill MD, PhD · Brigham and Women's Hospital