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.
T-regulatory Mediated Immunosuppression after Lymphatic Injury
Swapna Ghanta MD · Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Tuning Macrophage Phenotype to Ameliorate Radiation Induced Soft Tissue Fibrosis
Michael Sorkin MD · The Ohio State University
Ulnar Neuropathy at the Elbow: A Cost-Utility Analysis
Jae Song MD · The Regents of the University of Michigan
Ultrasonic Harvest of Adipose Tissue for Cell Therapies
Bret Schipper MD · University of Pittsburgh
Understanding Syndrome of the Trephined: A Novel Mouse Model
Kerry-Ann Mitchell MD, PhD · The Ohio State University College of Medicine
Understanding the Effect and Mechanism of Reinnervation in Chronic RETS
Tak-Ho Chu · University of Calgary
Understanding the Financial Impact of Cleft Care
Alexandra Luby MD · The Regents of the University of Michigan
Upper Extremity Biomechanics Following Breast Reconstruction
Daniel Lyons MD · University of Michigan, Section of Plastic Surgery
Use of [18F]FTC-146 PET/MRI in the Evaluation of Nerve Pain
Thomas Wilson · Stanford University
Use of Tranexamic Acid in Reduction Mammoplasty: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Amy Yao MD · Albert Einstein College of Medicine