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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.

Targeted Mechanism Based Treatment of Heterotopic Ossification

Benjamin Levi MD · The Regents of the University of Michigan

Targeted muscle reinnervation in a neuropathic pain model

Gwendolyn Hoben MD, PhD · The Medical College of Wisconsin

Targeting Adipocyte IL-6 Production For Breast Cancer Prevention

Scott Hollenbeck MD · Duke University Medical Center

Targeting Angiogenesis to Inhibit Heterotopic Ossification

Shailesh Agarwal MD · University of Michigan

Targeting Different Aspects of Tissue Engineering Cartilage in vivo

John Mesa MD · Massachusetts General Hospital

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.

Targeting Tension in Facial Aesthetic Surgery Scars

Madeleine Gust MD · Northwestern University

Teaching and Assessing Operative Judgment in Plastic Surgery

Becher Alhalabi MD · The Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre