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.
Modulating Macrophage Dynamics to Improve Autologous Fat Grafting Outcomes
Lauren Kokai PhD · University of Pittsburgh
National Variations In Treatment Patterns For Thumb CMC Arthritis
Oluseyi Aliu MD · The Regents of the University of Michigan
Neovascularization of Bony Consturcts Using Adipose Tissue-Derived Stem Cells
Howard Wang MD · University of Texas, San Antonio
Non-Contact Diffuse Optical Assessment of Mastectomy Skin Flaps
Lesley Wong MD · University of Kentucky Research Foundation
Optimization of Human Tendon Tissue Engineering: Ultrasonication
James Chang MD · Stanford University
Optimization of Non-Vascularized Grafting in Irradiated Bone
Alexis Donneys MD · University of Michigan
Peripheral Nerve Repair Using Peptide Amphiphile Nanofibers
Reza Jarrahy MD · The Regents of the University of California, Los Angeles
Placebo-Controlled Surgical Treatment of Migraines
Bahman Guyuron MD · Private Practice
Pre-Expansion of Recipient Site for Enhanced Fat Graft Survival
Dennis Orgill MD, PhD · Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc.
Prepectoral versus Subpectoral Reconstruction: A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis
Justin Broyles MD · Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc.