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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.

Preventing Scar Contracture Formation by Inhibiting ROCK

Howie Levinson MD, FACS · Duke University Medical Center

Prioritizing Preferences for Breast Reconstruction Through Shared Decision-Making

Ronnie Shammas MD · Duke University Medical Center

Prospective Longitudinal Study of Non-Operative Thumb CMC Arthritis Interventions

James Higgins MD · MedStar Health Research Institute

Psychosocial and Physical Functioning Following Body Contouring Surgery

David Sarwer PhD · University of Pennsylvania

Simultaneous Stem Cell and Composite Tissue Transplantation

David Mathes MD · University of Washington

Sirtuin Regulation of Aging Human Adipose Tissue

Ivona Percec MD PhD · The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania

Skeletal muscle regeneration by human satellite cells following denervation

Alvin Wong MD · The Regents of the University of California, San Francisco

Stem Cell Therapy for Tolerance Induction in Composite Tissue Allografts

Maria Siemionow MD, PhD · The Cleveland Clinic

Study of the Relationship Between Breast Implants and Lymphoma

Garry Brody MD · USC/University of Southern California

Targeted Mechanism Based Treatment of Heterotopic Ossification

Benjamin Levi MD · The Regents of the University of Michigan