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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.

Injectable Cellulosic Hydrogels

Peter Taub MD · Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Injectable Hydrogels for Soft Tissue Augmentation

Peter Taub MD · Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Injectable Shape-Memorizing Scaffolds for Skin Sculpting

Christoph Nabzdyk MD · Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc.

Inkjet biopatterning to spatially control osteo- and angiogenesis

Joseph Losee MD · University of Pittsburgh

Inside-Out Tissue Engineering for Hepatic Replacement

Geoffrey Gurtner MD · Stanford University

Intraoperative Imaging of Mastectomy Skin Flaps for Breast Reconstruction

Lesley Wong MD · University of Kentucky Research Foundation

Intraoperative Vascularized Adipose Flap Bioprinting

Dino Ravnic DO · The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine

Investigating the Role of Myofibroblasts in Wound Healing

Mark Fisher MD · Duke University

Investigating the Use of MRI for Diagnosing and Managing Wrist Ligament Injuries

Brett Michelotti MD · University of Michigan

Investigation of Mechanical Forces on Wound Healing Angiogenesis

Douglas Helm MD · Massachusetts General Hospital