Grants Funded
Grant applicants for the 2024 cycle requested a total of nearly $3 million dollars. The PSF Study Section Subcommittees of Basic & Translational Research and Clinical Research evaluated more than 100 grant applications on the following topics:
The PSF awarded research grants totaling over $650,000 dollars to support more than 20 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.
Peripheral Blood OPC and EPC Tissue Engineering
Alexander Allori MD
2007
New York University Medical Center
Basic Research Grant
Tissue Engineering
Native bone is a living tissue composed of multiple cell types that are organized in such a way as to optimize cellular communication and ensure adequate chemotransportation necessary for cell survival. This project will study the relationship between osteo-progenitor cells (OPCs) and endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) during simultaneous bone and blood vessel formation. To this end, OPCs, EPCs and mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) will be seeded on a 3D scaffold and cultured under the influence of fluid-shear forces in a flow-perfusion culture system. We hypothesize that, by simulating the in vivo microenvironment, a 3D dynamic culture system can induce EPCs, OPCs and MSCs to form mature bony constructs with a dedicated microvascular network.
Dr. Allori studied biochemistry and economics at Rice University and subsequently attended the University of Texas School of Public Health, where he obtained a master’s degree in public health with a concentration in management and policy studies. Dr. Allori earned a medical doctorate at the University of Texas Medical School at Houston, completed general surgery residency at Beth Israel Medical Center – New York, recently completed plastic surgery residency at Duke University Hospital, and is now a pediatric plastic and craniofacial surgical fellow at Harvard University–Children's Hospital Boston. With regard to research, Dr. Allori has trained at the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center's Laboratory for Reparative Biology and Bioengineering, and at the New York University Medical Center's Institute of Reconstructive Plastic Surgery. His 2013 PSF Pilot Research Grant utilizes a modified Delphi method and ontology-building processes to develop a standardized practical framework and set of data standards to guide the measurement of clinical outcomes in cleft care.