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.
Targeting Tension in Facial Aesthetic Surgery Scars
Madeleine Gust MD · Northwestern University
Teaching and Assessing Operative Judgment in Plastic Surgery
Becher Alhalabi MD · The Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre
Tendon-Bone Composite Tissue Engineering in a Rabbit Model
Grace Graw MD · Palo Alto Institute for Research and Education, Inc.
Terminal Schwann cell contributions to muscle reinnervation after nerve injury
Alison Snyder-Warwick MD · Washington University in St.Louis
Terminal Schwann Cells: Roles in Development and Regeneration
Alison Snyder-Warwick MD · Washington University in St.Louis
The Anti-Neoplastic Effect Of Aminosterol Squalamine On Melanoma
Ashley Amalfi MD · Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
The Biomechanical Effects of Deferoxamine on Irradiated Soft Tissue
Ryan DeCoster M.D., Ph.D. · University of Kentucky Research Foundation
The Biophysical Properties of Composite Flexor Tendon Allografts
Brent Degeorge Jr., MD, PhD · The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia
The Brief MHQ: Conceptual Development and Application for MOC
Kevin Chung MD, MS · The Regents of the University of Michigan
The compartmentalization of human adipose tissue
Joel Pessa MD · UT Southwestern Medical School