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.
Breast Reconstruction Among African American Women: A Qualitative Investigation of Factors Influencing Reconstruction Decisions
Andrea Pusic MD, MHS, FACS, FRCSC · Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Breast Reconstruction and Augmentation Quality of Life
Joseph Serletti MD · University of Pennsylvania
Breast Reconstruction Decision Making & Outcomes in Latinas & African Americans
Amy Alderman MD · University of Michigan
Calvarial Particulate Bone Graft for Craniofacial Augmentation
Arin Greene MD · Massachusetts General Hospital
Can Neuroimaging Provide Objective Evidence of the Efficacy of Migraine Surgery?
Ahmed Afifi MD · University of Wisconsin-Madison (Board of Regents University of Wisconsin System)
Case-Matched Analysis of Fibroblast Function in Patients with Keloids
Chris Campbell MD, FACS · University of Virginia
Cell Contractility in Dupuytren's Disease
Howard Levinson MD, FACS · Duke University Medical Center
Cell guidance for induction of osteogenesis and chondrogenesis
Harvey Chim MD · University Hospitals of Cleveland (DBA University Hospitals Case Medical Center)
Cellular and Mechanical Mechanisms Regulating Mandibular Distraction Osteogenesis
Ruth Jones · Stanford University School of Medicine
Cellular Therapy with Tolerogenic Cells in Face Transplant Model
Maria Siemionow MD, PhD · The Cleveland Clinic