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.
Development and Deployment of a Decision Aid for Burn Reconstructive Surgery
Clifford Sheckter MD · Santa Clara Valley Health and Hospital System
Development and Testing of a Decision Aid for Patients with Dupuytren's
Melissa Roy MD, Msc, FRCSC · University Health Network
Development of a Degradable Bioengineered Skin Equivalent
Howie Levinson MD, FACS · Duke University Medical Center
Development of a Novel Bio-Integrated Peripheral Nervous System Interface
Brent Egeland MD · University of Michigan
Development of a Patient-Reported Outcome Measure for Nerve Injuries: NERVE-Q
Jana Dengler MD · University of Toronto
Development of a Standardized Microsurgical Skills Curriculum
Richard Baynosa MD · Board of Regents, NSHE, obo University of Nevada, Reno
Development of an Interactive, Mutli-media Educational Program To Address Patient Expectations About Breast Reconstruction
Colleen McCarthy MD · Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Development of Novel Cell Delivery Systems for Human Chondrocytes
Kimberly Singh MD · Emory University
Development of the FACE-Q Kids PRO Instrument
Anne Klassen PhD · McMaster University, Faculty of Health Sciences
Development of the HEADACHE-Q Patient Reported Outcome Measurement Instrument
Lisa Gfrerer MD, PhD · Weill Medical College of Cornell University