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.
Skin Improvement in Radiation Wounds: The Impact of Adipose Derived Stem Cells
Timothy Daugherty MD · Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
Skin Regenerative Potential of ADSCs: in vivo Nude Mouse Model
Brian Derby MD · Southern Illinois University
Skin Tape Stripping to Assess Cytokine Expression Profiles
Gerald Brandacher MD · Johns Hopkins University
Smart Scaffolds for Soft-Tissue Engineering
Julio Clavijo-Alvarez MD · University of Pittsburgh
Spitzoid Nevi Versus Melanoma by Cellular Gp100, Nedd9 and Gab2
Matthew McRae MD, FRCSC · Yale School of Medicine
Standardization of Clinical Outcomes for Cleft Care and Research
Alexander Allori MD · Duke University Medical Center
Stem Cell Biotherapy for Chronic Cutaneous Wounds
Jordan Steinberg MD, PhD · Northwestern University - Chicago Campus
Stem Cell Therapy for Tolerance Induction in Composite Tissue Allografts
Maria Siemionow MD, PhD · The Cleveland Clinic
Steps to Engineering Flexible Ear-Shaped Cartilage
Niamh O'Sullivan MD · Massachusetts General Hospital
Strain Pattern Directed Engineered Bone for Craniofacial Reconstruction
Cory Goldberg MD, MASc, FRCSC, FACS, MBA · Toronto General Hospital