Grants We Funded
Grant Applicants for 2020 requested more than $4.1 million. The PSF Study Section Subcommittees of Basic and Translational Research and Clinical Research Evaluated 111 applications on the following topics:
The PSF awarded Research Grants totaling more than $860,000 to support 24 plastic surgery research proposals.
The American Society of Plastic Surgeons/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.
Combination Therapy for Limb Allograft Acceptance and Nerve Regeneration
Thomas Tung MD · Washington University
Combination Therapy Improves Diabetic Wound Healing
Robert Allen Jr., MD · New York University
Combining Human Pre-Adipocytes and Biological Scaffolds for Fat Engineering
Karol Gutowski MD, FACS · University of Wisconsin
Comparative Evaluation of Agents on Fibrosis and Scar Fibroblasts
Yvonne Pierpont MD · University of South Florida
Composite Muscle & Dermal Constructs as a Regenerative Peripheral Nerve Interface
Shelby Svientek MD · The Regents of the University of Michigan
Conjoint Analysis and Internet Crowdsourcing in Plastic Surgery
Cindy Wu MD · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Contribution of Merlin Inactivation in Facial Nerve Schwann Cell Regeneration
Richard Gurgel MD · University of Iowa
Contributions of the Immune Response After Nerve Injury to NMJ Reinnervation
Alison Snyder-Warwick MD · Washington University in St.Louis
Controlled Release of Adipogenic Factors to Enhance Fat Graft Ret
Arta Kelmendi-Doko MD · University of Pittsburgh
Controlling Peripheral Nerve Signal Transmission with Light
Sahil Kapur MD · University of Wisconsin-Madison (Board of Regents University of Wisconsin System)