Grants We Funded
Grant applicants for the 2022 cycle requested a total of over $2.9 million dollars. The PSF Study Section subcommittees of Basic & Translational Research and Clinical Research evaluated 115 grant applications on the following topics:
The PSF awarded research grants totaling almost $550,000 to support 19 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.
Evaluating Relationship Between Stem Cells And Fat Graft Survival
Brian Mailey MD · The Regents of the University of California, San Diego
Evaluating the Effectiveness of Microsurgery Proficiency Targets
Tiffany Ballard MD · University of Michigan
Evaluation of Appearance Transfer & Persistence in Central Face Transplant
Pejman Aflaki MD · Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc.
Evaluation of CD18/11b Adhesion Molecule on Neutrophil Surface Membrane in Ischemia Reperfusion Injury
Richard Baynosa MD · University of Nevada
Evaluation of contractile proteins in Dupuytren's tissue
Josef Hadeed MD, FACS · Duke University Medical Center
Evaluation of Functional Outcome in Composite Tissue Allotransplantation
Kia Washington MD · University of Pittsburgh
Evaluation of Human Acellular Dermal Matrix in Joint Arthroplasty
Alex Wong MD · University of Southern California
Evaluation of Simulation in Plastic Surgery Residency Training
Alexes Hazen MD · New York University School of Medicine
Evaluation of Surgical Delay of Bone to Improve Wound Healing after Fracture
Peter Henderson MD MBA FACS · Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Examining Craniofacial Defect Prevalence in Vietnam Using Text Message Data Entry
Phuong Nguyen MD · The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia