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.
Alloderm-Adipose Derived Stem Cell Constructs to Optimize Cleft Palate and Oronsal Fistula Healing
James Bradley MD, FACS · University of California, Los Angeles
Altering Tendon Biomechanics after Flexor Tendon Repair
Samuel Buonocore MD · Yale University
An Augmented Reality Model for Evaluating Traumatic Craniofacial Fractures
Solomon Lee MD · The Regents of the University of California, San Francisco (Contracts & Grants)
An Investigation into the Biomechanics of Abdominal Wall Reconstruction
Adam Levy MD · Joan & Sanford I. Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Analysis of Craniosynostotic Rabbit Sutures with LCM
S. Alex Rottgers MD · University of Pittsburgh
Analysis of IRF6 Transcription Factor in Vertebrate Craniofacial Development
Eric Chien-Wei Liao MD, PhD · Massachusetts General Hospital
Analysis of wnt9a Regulation of Vertebrate Facial Morphogenesis
Eric Chien-Wei Liao MD, PhD · Massachusetts General Hospital
Antibiotic Prophylaxis and Duration Following Cat Bites to the Hand
Kevin Klifto DO, Pharmd · University of Missouri
Antibody Dosing in Costimulation Blockade for Nerve Transplantation
Thomas Tung MD · Washington University
Antioxidant Carbon Nanoparticles for T cell modulation in vascularized composite
David Mathes MD · University of Colorado Denver, AMC and DC