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.
Induced Cranial Bone Transplant
Mohamed Abdulla MD · The Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre
Inducible Lymphovenous Shunts using Tissue Nanotransfection Technology
Al Hassanein MD, MMSc, FACS · Indiana University
Induction of Immunological Tolerance to Vascularized Skin
Elaine Horibe MD · University of Pittsburgh
Induction of Nerve Allograft Tolerance Using anti-CD40L Monoclonal Antibody
Paul Cederna MD · University of Michigan
Induction of Oxidative Stress to Promote Angiogensis
Lisa Gould MD · University of Texas
Induction of Tolerance in CTA with TGF-beta/Fc,Rapamycin and ALS
Wensheng Zhang · University of Pittsburgh
Influence of MAPK Signaling on Ischemic Wound Healing in Elderly
Qixu Zhang MD, PhD · M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Influence of Mechanical Stress on Muenke Syndrome Craniosynostosis
Gregory Lakin MD · University of Pennsylvania
Influence of PEDOT and myoblasts on neuroma formation
Benjamin Wei MD · The Regents of the University of Michigan
Influence of Pocket Irrigants on Breast Implant Infections
Terence Myckatyn MD · The Washington University