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Suggested Citation:"Appendix D Abbreviations and Acronyms." Institute of Medicine. 1991. The AIDS Research Program of the National Institutes of Health. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/1769.
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Appendix D

Abbreviations and Acronyms

ACTG

AIDS Clinical Trials Group

ACTU

AIDS clinical trials unit

ADAMHA

Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration

AIDS

acquired immune deficiency syndrome

APAC

AIDS Program Advisory Committee

AVEU

AIDS vaccine evaluation unit

CDC

Centers for Disease Control

DAIDS

Division of AIDS

DCT

Division of Cancer Treatment

DNC

Decision Network Committee

DRG

Division of Research Grants

FCRF

Frederick Cancer Research Facility

FDA

Food and Drug Administration

FIC

Fogarty International Center

FTE

full-time equivalents

GLP

good laboratory practice

HATS

Heterosexual HIV Transmission Study

HCFA

Health Care Financing Administration

HIV

human immunodeficiency virus

HRSA

Health Resources and Services Administration

ICD

institutes, centers, and divisions

IHS

Indian Health Service

IND

investigational new drug

IOM

Institute of Medicine

IV

intravenous

IVIG

intravenous immunoglobulin

MACS

Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study

NAEC

NIH AIDS Executive Committee

NAPO

National AIDS Program Office

NAS

National Academy of Sciences

NCDDG-HIV

National Cooperative Drug Discovery Group Program for the treatment of HIV/AIDS

NCDDG-OI

National Cooperative Drug Discovery Group Program for the treatment of opportunistic infections

NCI

National Cancer Institute

Suggested Citation:"Appendix D Abbreviations and Acronyms." Institute of Medicine. 1991. The AIDS Research Program of the National Institutes of Health. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/1769.
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NCNR

National Center for Nursing Research

NCRR

National Center for Research Resources

NCVDG

National Cooperative Vaccine Discovery Groups

NEI

National Eye Institute

NHLBI

National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute

NIAAA

National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism

NIAID

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

NIAMS

National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases

NICHD

National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

NIDA

National Institute on Drug Abuse

NIDR

National Institute of Dental Research

NIGMS

National Institute of General Medical Sciences

NIH

National Institutes of Health

NIMH

National Institute of Mental Health

NINDS

National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

NLM

National Library of Medicine

OAR

Office of AIDS Research

OASH

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health

OD

Office of the Director

OI

opportunistic infection

OMB

Office of Management and Budget

OPM

Office of Personnel Management

OTA

Office of Technology Assessment

PA

program announcement

PCA

physicians comparability allowance

PCP

Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia

PEBRA

Programs of Excellence in Basic Research on AIDS

PHS

Public Health Service

RAG

Resource Allocation Group

RCMI

Research Centers at Minority Institutions

RFA

request for application

RFP

request for proposal

RPG

research project grant

SES

Senior Executive Service

SFMHS

San Francisco Men's Health Study

SIV

simian immunodeficiency virus

SMSA

standard metropolitan statistical area

STD

sexually transmitted disease

U.S. DHEW

United States Department of Health, Education and Welfare

U.S. DHHS

United States Department of Health and Human Services

USAID

United States Agency for International Development

VRDB

Vaccine Research and Development Branch

WHO

World Health Organization

WITS

Women and Infants Transmission Study

YPLL

years of potential life lost

Suggested Citation:"Appendix D Abbreviations and Acronyms." Institute of Medicine. 1991. The AIDS Research Program of the National Institutes of Health. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/1769.
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This book, written at the request of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to assist its AIDS program office in planning future directions, contains a series of recommendations for ensuring that AIDS research is a well-organized, well-planned, and comprehensive long-range program leading to the control and eventual eradication of the disease. The recommendations are intended to strengthen the planning, evaluation, and coordination of AIDS research activities; ensure their quality and cost-effectiveness; stimulate further development of promising research areas; increase the level of support for AIDS research so that researchers can carry out a comprehensive program; and provide the personnel and facilities at NIH needed to conduct and manage an effective, efficient AIDS research program.

The book also identifies barriers in the delivery and financing of health care that are outside NIH's responsibility, but that adversely affect its AIDS clinical research efforts, and urges federal action to eliminate them.

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