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.
Novel Treatment Strategies for Antibody-Mediated Rejection in VCA
Howard Wang MD · Johns Hopkins University
Nrf2-active bioengineered exosomes for acceleration of diabetic skin regeneration
Piul Rabbani · New York University School of Medicine
Obesity Impairs Endothelial Progenitor Cell Function
I. Janelle Wagner MD · New York University School of Medicine
Obesity-induced Hypoxia and Adipokines in Breast Cancer
Naveen Kumar MD · Duke University Medical Center
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
Optimization of Risk Prediction Instrument through Machine Learning for Hernia
John Fischer MD, MPH · The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
Optimization of the method of recellularization of vascularized soft tissues
Fuat Baris Bengur MD · University of Pittsburgh
Optimizing Adipose Stem Cell Immunotherapy Through Cell-Assisted Lipotransfer
Summer Hanson MD, Phd · University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Optimizing biomimetic implant repair of craniofacial bone defects
Edward Davidson MD · New York University School of Medicine