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.
Bacterial Biofilm Formation on Breast Implants in Reconstruction and BIA-ALCL
Terence Myckatyn MD · The Washington University
BDNF and GDNF for Treatment of Nerve Injury
Matthew Wood PhD · The Hospital for Sick Children
Biofilm Removal from Prosthetics
Gary Tuma MD FACS · Thomas Jefferson University
Biologic Brachytherapy: Targeted Delivery of Antimicrobial Peptides to Treat Osteomyelitis via Ex-vivo Gene Therapy of Microvascular Free Flaps
Shadi Ghali MD · New York University Medical Center
Biomarkers of Trapeziometacarpal Osteoarthritis
Heather Baltzer MD, Msc, FRCSC, FACS · University Health Network
Biopatterned DermaMatrix to induce islet cell allograft tolerance
Wensheng Zhang · University of Pittsburgh
Bioprinting Tissue Engineered Intramembranous Bone Constructs
Darren Smith MD · University of Pittsburgh
Biosignal Insulators in Regenerative Peripheral Nerve Interfaces
Nick Langhals MD · The Regents of the University of Michigan
Blockade of TGF-B1 Signal to Improve Lymphatic Regeneration
Tomer Avraham MD · Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Blood Siloxanes and Urinary Methylsilanols to Detect Ruptured Silicone Implants
Michael Delong MD · The Regents of the University of California, Los Angeles