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.
Targeted Mechanism Based Treatment of Heterotopic Ossification
Benjamin Levi MD · The Regents of the University of Michigan
Targeted muscle reinnervation in a neuropathic pain model
Gwendolyn Hoben MD, PhD · The Medical College of Wisconsin
Targeting Adipocyte IL-6 Production For Breast Cancer Prevention
Scott Hollenbeck MD · Duke University Medical Center
Targeting Angiogenesis to Inhibit Heterotopic Ossification
Shailesh Agarwal MD · University of Michigan
Targeting Different Aspects of Tissue Engineering Cartilage in vivo
John Mesa MD · Massachusetts General Hospital
Targeting Neutrophil Extracellular Traps to Improve Extremity Trauma Outcomes
Michael Sorkin MD · University of Michigan, Section of Plastic Surgery
Targeting NRIP1 to Improve Allogeneic Adipose Stem Cells in Diabetic Wounds
Michael Neumeister MD, FRCSC, FACS · Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
Targeting pro-adipogenic BMP signaling in secondary lymphedema
Shailesh Agarwal MD · Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc.
Targeting Tension in Facial Aesthetic Surgery Scars
Madeleine Gust MD · Northwestern University
Teaching and Assessing Operative Judgment in Plastic Surgery
Becher Alhalabi MD · The Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre