2 01 2 PSF PiloT re Search g r a nT aWa r d r e c iPie n TS to promote plastic surgery advancement and innovation. these grants provide “seed” funding and are intended to support the research efforts of residents and junior faculty to address focused research questions, obtain preliminary data to support larger plastic surgery science grant proposals in the future and to develop a line of research that can be carried forward into an academic career. Studies that are a prelude to applications to the nIh or other national funding organizations are strongly encouraged. aShley amalFi, md Southern Illinois university School of Medicine The Anti-Neoplastic Effect of Aminosterol Squalamine on Melanoma obinna eZeamuZie, md new York university School of Medicine Effects of Fat Graft Vascularization on Graft Take and Retention dunya aTiSha, md Duke university Medical Center Evaluating Patient Reported Outcomes in Breast Cancer Patients bing Siang gan, md, Phd, FrcSc, FacS lawson health research Institute (lawson) IGFR1: A Potential Therapeutic Target for Dupuytren’s Disease damon cooney, md, Phd Johns hopkins university School of Medicine The Effect of CXCR4 Inhibition on Hindlimb Transplant Survival joey grochmal, md the university of Calgary Characterization of SKP-SC Produced Myelin caTherine curTin, md Stanford university Hospital Factors Impacting the Quality of Plastic Surgical Care george nabil kamel, md Massachusetts General hospital (the General hospital Corp.) Dominant-negative IRF6 Mutant Analysis in Zebrafish T h e P S F. o r g