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.
Evaluation of Simulation in Plastic Surgery Residency Training
Alexes Hazen MD · New York University School of Medicine
Examining Craniofacial Defect Prevalence in Vietnam Using Text Message Data Entry
Phuong Nguyen MD · The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Expression of Regeneration-Associated Genes after Nerve Injury
Wale Sulaiman MD, PhD, FRCSC · Ochsner Clinic Foundation
EX-VIVO NORMOTHERMIC HUMAN UPPER EXTREMITY PERFUSION
Bahar Bassiri Gharb MD, PhD · Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Fabrication of a Chemotactic Smart Scaffold for Bone Regeneration
Akishige Hokugo · University of California, Los Angeles
Facial Subunits for Composite Tissue Transplantation
David Mathes MD · University of Washington
Fat Grafting to Enhance Nerve Regeneration After Delayed Nerve Repair
Stephen Kemp PhD · The Regents of the University of Michigan
Fat Retention in Diabetics after Pedal Fat Grafting
Jeffrey Gusenoff MD · University of Pittsburgh
FGFR2 Inhibition Mitigates Craniosynostosis in Crouzon Syndrome
Derek Steinbacher MD, DMD, FACS · Yale University School of Medicine
Financial Hardship after Surgery: A Mixed-Methods, Multicenter Study in India
Kavitha Ranganathan MD · Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc.