Grants We Funded
Grant applicants for the 2024 cycle requested a total of nearly $3 million dollars. The PSF Study Section Subcommittees of Basic & Translational Research and Clinical Research evaluated more than 100 grant applications on the following topics:
The PSF awarded research grants totaling over $650,000 dollars to support more than 20 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.
The Brief MHQ: Conceptual Development and Application for MOC
Kevin Chung MD, MS · The Regents of the University of Michigan
The compartmentalization of human adipose tissue
Joel Pessa MD · UT Southwestern Medical School
The Development of Strategies to Optimize Autogenous Fat Grafting
Stephen Baker MD · Georgetown University
The Effect of a Supercharge Nerve Transfer on Functional Recovery
Amy Moore MD · Washington University St. Louis
The effect of acellular dermal matrix and radiation on tissue expansion
Arun Gosain MD · Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
The Effect of Adipose Derived Stem Cells and VEGF Supplementation of Hyaluronic Acid Soft Tissue Augmentation
Joubin Gabbay MD · University of California, Los Angeles
The effect of breast reduction mammaplasty on spinal function and physical health
Lucie Lessard MD, FRCSC · The Research Institute of the McGill
The Effect of Cold Preservation on Nerve Allografts
Ida Fox MD · Barnes-Jewish Hospital
The Effect of CXCR4 Inhibition on Hindlimb Transplant Survival
Damon Cooney MD · Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
The Effect of ECRB Tendon Lengthening on PT to ECRB Tendon Transfers
Erin Weber MD PhD · University of Pennsylvania