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