P l aSTi c Surgery reS earc h 2012 ouTSTanding achievemenT in reSearch aWardS the outstanding achievement in Clinical research award recognizes an investigator whose innovative research will advance the treatment of surgical disorders. Such work may involve clinical, epidemiological, or health services research. the outstanding achievement in Basic and translational research award acknowledges an investigator whose novel work will evolve the treatment of surgical disorders and the practice of plastic surgery in general. Such work may incorporate biomedical research, as well as basic and translational studies. fU-ChaN WEI, Md outstanding achievement in Clinical research louiS c. argenTa, md outstanding achievement in Basic and translational research 2012 bernard g. SarnaT excellence in granT WriTing aWardS this is a new award this year, recognizing investigators for their excellence in research grant writing. recipients are those who received the best scores on their grant application submitted to the pSF over the past year. Theodore a. kung, md the regents of the university of Michigan Peripheral Nerve Signal Transduction via Polyimide Electrodes bing Siang gan, md, Phd, FrcSc, FacS lawson health research Institute (lawson) IGFR1: A Potential Therapeutic Target For Dupuytren’s Disease Pa g e 1 5