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.
Regenerative Peripheral Nerve Interfaces for the Treatment of Painful Neuromas
Stephen Kemp PhD · University of Michigan, Section of Plastic Surgery
Regulation of Adipogenesis in Lymphedema
Evan Weitman MD · Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research
Regulatory T cells Therapy in Vascularized Composite Transplants
Byoung Chol Oh · Johns Hopkins University
Remote Ischemic Preconditioning's Effect on Fat Graft Volume
Andrew Gassman MD, FACS · The Regents of the University of California, Los Angeles
Reprogramming of ASCs for Increased Osteogenic Potential
James Bradley MD, FACS · The Regents of the University of California, Los Angeles
Rescue of Coronal Suture Fusion Using Flutamide
Gregory Cooper MD · University of Pittsburgh
Restauration of immune function after lymph node transfer
Gabriela Garcia Nores MD · Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Revealing how vibration injures peripheral nerves and methods of prevention
Chaowen Wu MD, PhD · The Medical College of Wisconsin
Reversal of UV irradiation-induced skin injury with c-Jun siRNA
Sara Immerman · New York University School of Medicine
Reversibility of Age-Related Effects on Nerve Regeneration
Daniel Demsey MD · The Hospital for Sick Children