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Acronyms

• 45 CFR 46- Code of Federal Regulation

A

• AAALAC- Assoc. for Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care International


• AAHRPP- Assoc. for the Accreditation of Human Research Protection Programs


• AALAS- American Assoc. for Laboratory Animal Science


• AAMC- American Assoc of Medical Colleges


• ABSL- Animal Biosafety Level


• ACLAM- American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine


• ACUC- Animal Care and Use Committee


• AE- Adverse Event


• ALARA- As Low As Reasonably Achieved


• APHIS- Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA)


• ARENA- Applied Research Ethics National Association


• AU- Authorized User


• AV- Attending Veterinarian


• AVMA- American Veterinary Medical Association


• AWA- Animal Welfare Act (1966)


• AWAR- Animal Welfare Act Regulations


• AWIS- Animal Welfare Information Center


• AWRs- Animal Welfare Regulations (USDA)

B

• BOV- Board of Visitors


• BSL- Biosafety Level

C

• CAAT- Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing


• CCM- Center for Comparative Medicine


• CDC- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


• CFR- Code of Federal Regulations


• CIRA- Center for Information on Research with Animals


• CITI- Course in the Protection of Human Research Subjects


• CMC- Contaminated Materials Container


• COI-Conflict of Interest


• CIOMS- Council for International Organizations of Medical Sciences


• CRA- Clinical Research Associate


• CRC- Clinical Research Coordinator


• CRF- Case Report Form


• CRIS- Current Research Information Service


• CRO- Contract  Research Organization


• CSA- Clinical Study Agreement


• CRF- Case Report Form


• CTC- Clinical Trials Coordinator


• CTO- Clinical Trials Office*


• CT(X)- Clinical Trial Exemption

D

• DEA- Drug Enforcement Administration


• DEQ- Department of Environmental Quality


• DHEW- Dept. of Health, Education and Welfare


• DHHS- Department of Health and Human Services


• DIS- Decay in Storage


• DOD- U.S. Department of Defense


• DSMB- Data and Safety Monitoring Board


• DSMC- Data and Safety Monitoring Committee

E

• EHS- Environmental Health and Safety


• EPA- Environmental Protection Agency

F

• FDA- Food and Drug Administration


• FOIA- Freedom of Information Act


• FTE- Full Time Employee


• FWA- Federal Wide Assurance

G

• GCP- Good Clinical Practice


• GCRC- General Clinical Research Center


• GLP- Good Laboratory Practices


• GMP- Good Manufacturing Practice

H

• HEPA- High-Efficiency Particulate Air Filter


• HHS- Health and Human Services


• HIC- Human Investigation Committee(former name of HSR)


• HIPAA- Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act


• HIRE- Human Investigations Involving Radiation Exposure (subcommittee of RSC)


• HP- Health Physicist


• HPA- Human Protections Administration


• HSR- Health Sciences Research

I

• IACUC- Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee


• IBC- Institutional Biosafety Committee


• ICH-GCP-  ICH Harmonised Tripartite Guideline for Good Clinical Practices


• ICLAS- International Council for Laboratory Animal Sciences


• ICMJE- International Committee of Medical Journal Editors


• IDE- Investigational Device Exemptions


• IDS- Dept. of Pharmacy Investigational Drug Service


• ILAR- Institute for Laboratory Animal Research


• IND- Investigational New Drug Application


• IO- Institutional Official


• IRB- Institutional Review Board


• IRB-HSR- Institutional Review Board-Health Sciences Research


• IT- Information Technology


• ITC- Information Technology and Communications

L

• LAR- Legally Authorized Representative


• LATA- Laboratory Animal Training Association

M

• MMR- Minor Modification Review


• MPA-  Media Purchase Authorization Form


• MTA- Material Transfer Agreement


• MTD- Maximum Tolerated Dose


• MTPCI- Multidisciplinary Training Program in Clinical Investigations

N

• NABR- National Association for Biomedical Research


• NBAC- National Bioethics Advisory Commission


• NCI- National Cancer Institute


• NCI-CIRB- National Cancer Institute Central Institutional Review Board


• NCI-PCIRB- Nat. Cancer Inst.. Pediatric Central Inst. Review Board


• NDA- New Drug Application


• NGA- Notice of Grant Award


• NIH- National Institutes of Health


• NIH-NRSA- National Research Service Award


• NLM- National Library of Medicine


• NRC- Nuclear Regulatory Commission


• NRC- National Research Council


• NSF- National Science Foundation

O

• OEHS- Office of Environmental Health and Safety


• OGA- Office of Grants and Contracts Administration


• OHRP- Office for Human Research Protections


• OLAW- Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare (NIH)


• OMB- Office of Management and Budget


• ORI- Office of Research Integrity


• OSHA- Occupational Safety and Health Administration


• OSP- U.Va. Office of Sponsored Programs


• OEHS- Office of Environmental Health and Safety

P

• PHI- Protected health Information


• PHRP- Partnership for Human Research Protection, Inc.


• PHS- Public Health Service


• PI- Principal Investigator


• PLA- Patent License Agreement


• PMS- Payment Management System


• PO- Purchase Order


• PPE- Personal Protective Equipment


• PRC- Protocol Review Committee- U.Va. Cancer Center


• PRIMR- Public Responsibility in Medicine and Research


• PRMS- Protocol Review and Monitoring System (Center System)


• PTAO/PTAEO- Project Task Award Office

Q

• QC- Quality Control

R

• RAC-  Research Advisory Committee


• RAM- Radioactive Material


• RCR- Responsible Conduct of Research


• RCRA- Regional Clinical Research Associate


• RMW- Regulated Medical Waste


• RPE- Radiation Producing Equipment


• RSC- Radiation Safety Committee


• RSO- Radiation Safety Officer

S

• SAE- Serious Adverse Event


• SBS-IRB- Social and Behavioral Sciences Institutional Review Board


• SCAW- Scientists Center for Animal Welfare


• SMO- Site Management Organization


• SOM- School of Medicine


• * SOMCTO- School of Medicine Clinical Trials Office


• SOMOGC- Sch. of Medicine Office of Grants and Contracts Administration


• SON- School of Nursing


• SOP- Standard Operating Procedures


• SRA- Society of Research Administrators

U

• USDA- United States Department of Agriculture


• U.Va.- University of Virginia


• U.Va.-CCPRC- Cancer Center Protocol Review Committee

V

• VDGIF- Virginia Dept. of Game and Inland Fisheries


• VPRGS- Office of the Vice President for Research and Graduate Studies

W

• WHO- World Health Organization


• WOCBP- women of child bearing potential


• WVA- World Veterinary Association