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.
Bone Tissue Engineering via Allograft Revitalization
Christopher Runyan MD, Phd · Cincinnati Children's Hospital
Botulinum Toxin Type A for Cold Sensitivity after Hand Trauma
Christine Novak PT, PhD · University Health Network
Breast Implant Illness after Post-Mastectomy Breast Reconstruction
Katherine Santosa MD, MS · Regent of the University of Michigan
Breast Implants and Breast Cancer Immunosurveillance
John Y.S. Kim MD · Northwestern University - Chicago Campus
Breast Microenvironment after Fat Grafting
Frederick Wang MD · The Regents of the University of California, San Francisco
Breast Reconstruction Among African American Women: A Qualitative Investigation of Factors Influencing Reconstruction Decisions
Andrea Pusic MD, MHS, FACS, FRCSC · Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Breast Reconstruction and Augmentation Quality of Life
Joseph Serletti MD · University of Pennsylvania
Breast Reconstruction Decision Making & Outcomes in Latinas & African Americans
Amy Alderman MD · University of Michigan
Burn Depth QBank: A Novel, Web-based Digital Simulation for Burn Depth Assessment
T. Justin Gillenwater MD · University of Southern California (USC)
Calvarial Particulate Bone Graft for Craniofacial Augmentation
Arin Greene MD · Massachusetts General Hospital