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)
• 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- Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative
• 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

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

• PTAO/PTAEO- Project Task Award Office

Q

• QC- Quality Control

R

• RAC-  Research Advisory Committee
• 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- School 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.-CC PRC- 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