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.
Functional Microanatomy of the Facial Nerve
Kallirroi Tzafetta MD
2007
Eastern Virginia Medical School
Basic Research Grant
Cranio/Maxillofacial/Head and Neck
Despite huge interest in the facial nerve by many disciplines, its extratemporal microanatomy remains controversial, especially in the periorbital and midbrow regions. The purpose of this study is to combine electrophysiology and microanatomy to better define the extratemporal microanatomy of the facial nerve. Special interest is going to be paid to the periorbital area and glabella, and mapping of the innervation of the orbicularis oculi, procerus and corrugator supercilii muscles. The intention is for this study to serve as a guide of the facial nerve microanatomy and its variations for facial rejuvenation surgery, especially useful both for the aggressive and minimally invasive approaches to the face.