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.
Silicone Joint Arthroplasty for Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Clinical Trial
Kevin Chung MD, MS · University of Michigan
Silicone toxicity and auto-immune disease in breast implant patients
Michael Delong MD · The Regents of the University of California, Los Angeles
Simulation Model For Microsurgery Training
Howard Wang MD · University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Simultaneous renal and vascularized bone allotransplantation
Gerhard Mundinger MD, MBA · University of Maryland, Baltimore
Simultaneous Stem Cell and Composite Tissue Transplantation
David Mathes MD · University of Washington
Single Cell Analysis of SDF-1 Mediated Stem Cell Recruitment
Zeshaan Maan MD · Stanford University
Single cell transcriptional analysis of fibroblasts in Dupuytren disease
Janos Barrera MD · Stanford University
Single-agent Immunomodulation in Pediatric Craniofacial CTA
Joseph Losee MD · University of Pittsburgh
Sirtuin Regulation of Aging Human Adipose Tissue
Ivona Percec MD, PhD · The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
Skeletal muscle regeneration by human satellite cells following denervation
Alvin Wong MD · The Regents of the University of California, San Francisco