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.
Schwann Cell Senescence: A Result of Chronic Denervation?
Scott Farber MD · Washington University in St. Louis
Secretome from Human iPSC-derived Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells for Wound Healing
Biraja Dash PhD · Yale University
Seeding Success: Encouraging Cross-Talk At The Vascular Frontline
Marc Soares MD · New York University School of Medicine
Sensory Supercharge Nerve Transfer: Indications and Limitations
Amy Moore MD · Washington University in St.Louis
Shaping the hand: Guidance strategies for tissue engineering
Harvey Chim MD · Case Western Reserve University
Side-to-Side Nerve Grafting to Enhance Nerve Regeneration
Gregory Borschel MD · The Hospital for Sick Children
Silicone Joint Arthroplasty for Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Clinical Trial
Kevin Chung MD, MS · University of Michigan
Silicone toxicity and auto-immune disease in breast implant patients
Michael Delong MD · The Regents of the University of California, Los Angeles
Simulation Model For Microsurgery Training
Howard Wang MD · University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Simultaneous renal and vascularized bone allotransplantation
Gerhard Mundinger MD · University of Maryland, Baltimore