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.
Characterization of the Breast Microbiome in Implant-based Breast Reconstruction
Adam Katz MD · Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Chest Dysphoria in Transmasculine Adolescents
Sumanas Jordan MD, Phd · Northwestern University
Circulating Endothelial Progenitor Cells and Diabetic Wound Healing
Robert Allen MD · New York University Medical Center
c-Jun regulates a fibroproliferative wound healing response
Mimi Borrelli MD · Stanford University
Cold Sensitivity in Nerve Compression Syndromes
Moaath Saggaf MD · University of Toronto, Faculty of Medicine
Collagen Nanogel for Wound Healing
Paige Fox MD, PhD · Stanford University School of Medicine
Combination Therapy for Limb Allograft Acceptance and Nerve Regeneration
Thomas Tung MD · Washington University
Combination Therapy Improves Diabetic Wound Healing
Robert Allen Jr., MD · New York University
Combining Human Pre-Adipocytes and Biological Scaffolds for Fat Engineering
Karol Gutowski MD, FACS · University of Wisconsin
Comparative Evaluation of Agents on Fibrosis and Scar Fibroblasts
Yvonne Pierpont MD · University of South Florida