Grants 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.
Muscle Graft Design in a Regenerative Peripheral Nerve Interface
Shoshana Ambani MD · The Regents of the University of Michigan
Nanofiber Composite Carrier for IGF-1 Nanoparticle Delivery to Nerve and Muscle
Karim Sarhane MD, Msc · Johns Hopkins University-School of Medicine
Nanofiber-Hydrogel Composites for Improved Fat Graft Survival
Brian Cho MD · Johns Hopkins University-School of Medicine
National Variations In Treatment Patterns For Thumb CMC Arthritis
Oluseyi Aliu MD · The Regents of the University of Michigan
Neovascularization of Bony Consturcts Using Adipose Tissue-Derived Stem Cells
Howard Wang MD · University of Texas, San Antonio
Nerve Allotransplantation: Immunologic Investigation & Modulation
Santosh Kale MD · Washington University in St. Louis
Nerve Regeneration and Functional Recovery Following Delayed RPNI
Stephen Kemp PhD · The Regents of the University of Michigan
Nerve Regeneration following Composite Tissue Allotransplantation
Louis Poppler MD, MSCI · Washington University in St. Louis
Neural Stem Cells Improve Muscle Preservation Following Devervation
Tateki Kubo · Massachusetts General Hospital
Neural Stem Cells Improve Muscle Preservation Following Devervation
Tateki Kubo · Massachusetts General Hospital