Grants We Funded
Grant Applicants for 2020 requested more than $4.1 million. The PSF Study Section Subcommittees of Basic and Translational Research and Clinical Research Evaluated 111 applications on the following topics:
The PSF awarded Research Grants totaling more than $860,000 to support 24 plastic surgery research proposals.
The American Society of Plastic Surgeons/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.
Further Analysis of Craniosynostotic Rabbit Suture with LCM
Brian Gander MD · University of Pittsburgh
Gene Expression Analysis of Dupuytren's Disease: The Role of Maf-B
James Chang MD · Stanford University
Generation of a conditional knock-in mouse model for arterio-venous-malformation
Patrick Smits PhD · Children's Hospital Boston
Genetic Regulation of Terminal Schwann Cells
Alison Snyder-Warwick MD · Washington University in St.Louis
GSK-3 Beta Activity in Dupuytren's Contracture
Bing Siang Gan MD · University of Western Ontario
Harnessing Heterotopic Ossification for Bone Regeneration
Anand Kumar MD · University of Pittsburgh
Head Mounted Video Cameras for Surgical Skill Education
Aaron Berger MD, PhD · Stanford University Medical Center
Healthcare Disparities in Patients Undergoing Treatment for Invasive Melanoma
Antonio Forte MD, PhD, MS · Mayo Clinic Jacksonville
Hemangiomas: Stem Cell Tumors of Pericyte Origin
Deepak Narayan MD · Yale University School of Medicine
Hemifacial Composite Allotransplantation Model for Nerve Regeneration Assessment
Samir Mardini MD · Mayo Clinic