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 Decision Making in Breast Reconstruction: A Validated Option Grid
Katie Weichman MD · Montefiore Medical Center
Improving fat graft survival by ex vivo non-viral gene delivery
Natasa Miljkovic · University of Pittsburgh
Improving Microsurgical Training Through Spaced Learning
Jessie Koljonen MD · Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
Improving Sensory Recovery After Phalloplasty in Transmasculine Patients
Patrick Assi MD · Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC)
Improving Somatosensory Cortical Response Properties After Compsite Tissue Transplantation
Kia Washington MD · University of Pittsburgh
Improving the Ex-vivo Eexpansion of Adipose Tissue Derived Stem Cells by Modulating Regulators of Cellular Senescence
Alex Wong MD · University of Pittsburgh
Improving Wound Healing Using the Naturally Occurring Antigen Alpha Gal
Jason Spector MD · Joan & Sanford I. Weill Medical College of Cornell University
In Utero Gene Delivery for Rescue of Cleft Palate in a TGF-Beta 3 Knockout Mouse
Hyun-Duck Nah MD, DMD, PhD · University of Pennsylvania
In Utero Gene Therapy Repair of Cleft Palate in a Congenital Caprine Model
Shawkat Sati MD · Lahey Clinic
In Vitro Simultaneous Guided OPC & EPC Differentiation
Alexander Allori MD · New York University Medical Center