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.
Targeting Adipocyte IL-6 Production For Breast Cancer Prevention
Scott Hollenbeck MD · Duke University Medical Center
Targeting Neutrophil Extracellular Traps to Improve Extremity Trauma Outcomes
Michael Sorkin MD · University of Michigan, Section of Plastic Surgery
Targeting NRIP1 to Improve Allogeneic Adipose Stem Cells in Diabetic Wounds
Michael Neumeister MD, FRCSC, FACS · Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
Targeting pro-adipogenic BMP signaling in secondary lymphedema
Shailesh Agarwal MD · Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc.
Tendon-Bone Composite Tissue Engineering in a Rabbit Model
Grace Graw MD · Palo Alto Institute for Research and Education, Inc.
The Brief MHQ: Conceptual Development and Application for MOC
Kevin Chung MD, MS · The Regents of the University of Michigan
The Development of Strategies to Optimize Autogenous Fat Grafting
Stephen Baker MD · Georgetown University
The International Breast Reconstruction Outcome Consortium
Edwin Wilkins MD · University of Michigan
The Role of the Mamalian Target of Rapamycin in Keloid and Hypertrophic Scars
Anna Kuang MD · Oregon Health and Science University
The Use of Adipose Stem Cells in Breast Surgery: Friend or Foe?
Ernest Chiu MD, FACS · Tulane University