Acronym |
Full Title / Description |
| AAHRPP |
Association for the Accreditation of Human Research Protection Programs |
| AAU |
American Association of Universities |
| BIRB |
Biomedical and Health Institutional Review Board |
| CDC |
Center for Disease Control and Prevention |
| CFR |
Code of Federal Regulations |
| CGA |
Contract and Grant Administration |
| CIC |
Committee on Institutional Cooperation |
| CMS |
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services |
| COGR |
Council on Governmental Relations |
| COI |
Conflict of Interest |
| CRIRB |
Community Research Institutional Review Board |
| DHHS |
Department of Health and Human Services |
| DMC |
Data Monitoring Committee |
| DOD |
Department of Defense |
| DOE |
Department of Energy |
| DOJ |
Department of Justice |
| DSM |
Data Safety Monitoring |
| DSMB |
Data Safety Monitoring Board |
| DSMC |
Data Safety Monitoring Committee |
| FDA |
Food and Drug Administration |
| FERPA |
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act |
| GCP |
Good Clinical Practice |
| HHS |
Health and Human Services |
| HIPAA |
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act |
| HRPP |
Human Research Protection Program |
| ICH |
International Conference on Harmonization |
| IDE |
Investigational Device Exemption |
| IND |
Investigational New Drug |
| IO |
Institutional Official |
| IRB |
Institutional Review Board |
| IRMC |
Ingham Regional Medical Center |
| MDCH |
Michigan Department of Community Health |
| MPHI |
Michigan Public Health Institute |
| MSU |
Michigan State University |
| MTA |
Material Transfer Agreement |
| NAIM |
National Association of IRB Managers |
| NASA |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
| NATO |
North Atlantic Treaty Organization |
| NBAC |
National Bioethics Advisory Board |
| NIH |
National Institutes of Health |
| NIJ |
National Institute of Justice |
| NIMH |
National Institute of Mental Health |
| NSF |
National Science Foundation |
| OCR |
Office for Civil Rights |
| OHRP |
Office for Human Research Protections |
| ORA |
Office of Regulatory Affairs |
| ORCBS |
Office of Radiation, Chemical & Biological Safety |
| ORI |
Office for Research Integrity |
| OVPRGS |
Office of the Vice President for Research and Graduate Studies |
| PHI |
Protected Health Information |
| PHS |
Public Health Service |
| PI |
Principal Investigator |
| PRA |
Pupil Rights Amendment |
| PRIMR |
Public Responsibility in Medicine and Research |
| RCR |
Responsible Conduct of Research |
| SI |
Secondary Investigator |
| SIRB |
Social Science, Behavioral, Education Institutional Review Board |
| UCRIHS |
University Committee on Research Involving Human Subjects |
| VPRGS |
Vice President for Research and Graduate Studies |
| WHO |
World Health Organization |
