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.
Economic analysis of hand transplantation
Kevin Chung MD, MS · The Regents of the University of Michigan
EDUPlast: Development of PRS Symposium Series for Local Low-Income Learners
Carolyn De La Cruz MD · University of Pittsburgh
Effect of Decellularized Adipose Tissue Matrix on Irradiated Skin Pathology
Alex Wong MD · University of Southern California
Effect Of Radiation On Tissue For Delayed Breast Reconstruction
Adeyiza Momoh MD · The Regents of the University of Michigan
Effect of Schwann Cell Therapy on Neuroregeneration after Limb Allotransplantation
Gerald Brandacher MD · University of Pittsburgh
Effect of SiRNA Against Noggin in Healing Calvarial Defects
Xiao Xia Wang MD · New York University Medical Center
Effects of an Fgfr2c Mutation on Palatal and Craniofacial Development
Chad Perlyn MD · Washington University
Effects of Fat Graft Vascularization on Graft Take and Retention
Obinna Ezeamuzie MD · New York University School of Medicine
EGR-1: expression in a rabbit flexor tendon scar model
Brian Derby MD · Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
Electromagnetic Fields and Pectoral Block for Breast Reconstruction Pain Control
Christine Rohde MD, MPH · Columbia University Medical Center