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.
Transgenic Adipose Stem Cell-Mediated VEGF Delivery
R. Michael Johnson MD · Wright State University
Treatment of Peripheral Nerve Injury with P7C3
Stephen Kemp PhD · The Hospital for Sick Children
T-regulatory Mediated Immunosuppression after Lymphatic Injury
Swapna Ghanta MD · Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Ulnar Neuropathy at the Elbow: A Cost-Utility Analysis
Jae Song MD · The Regents of the University of Michigan
Ultrasonic Harvest of Adipose Tissue for Cell Therapies
Bret Schipper MD · University of Pittsburgh
Upper Extremity Biomechanics Following Breast Reconstruction
Daniel Lyons MD · University of Michigan, Section of Plastic Surgery
Use of [18F]FTC-146 PET/MRI in the Evaluation of Nerve Pain
Thomas Wilson · Stanford University
Use of Tranexamic Acid in Reduction Mammoplasty: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Amy Yao MD · Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Utilizing Double Negative T Regulatory Cells to Induce Tolerance
Dong Zhang · University of Pittsburgh
Utilizing Smart Phone Technology for Hand Surgical Education
Shaun Mendenhall MD · Southern Illinois University School of Medicine