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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.

The effect of acellular dermal matrix and radiation on tissue expansion

Arun Gosain MD · Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago

The Effect of Adipose Derived Stem Cells and VEGF Supplementation of Hyaluronic Acid Soft Tissue Augmentation

Joubin Gabbay MD · University of California, Los Angeles

The effect of breast reduction mammaplasty on spinal function and physical health

Lucie Lessard MD, FRCSC · The Research Institute of the McGill

The Effect of Cold Preservation on Nerve Allografts

Ida Fox MD · Barnes-Jewish Hospital

The Effect of CXCR4 Inhibition on Hindlimb Transplant Survival

Damon Cooney MD · Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

The Effect of ECRB Tendon Lengthening on PT to ECRB Tendon Transfers

Erin Weber MD PhD · University of Pennsylvania

The Effect of Polymer-Bound BMP-2 on MC3T3-E1 Mineralization

Jay Calvert MD · Southern California Institute for Research and Education

The Effect of Traction on Neuroma Formation

Brent Ponce · University of Alabama at Birmingham

The Effects of Carbamylated Erythropoietin on Peripheral Nerve Regeneration

Paul Afrooz MD · University of Pittsburgh

The effects of FK506 on Schwann cell populations during nerve regeneration

Alison Snyder-Warwick MD · Washington University in St.Louis