Abbreviations

AID: United States Agency for International Development
CGSB: Canadian General Standards Board
CIA: United States Central Intelligence Agency
Commerce: United States Department of Commerce
CGIRB: Copernicus Group IRB
CRO: Chief Research Officer
CPSC: United States Consumer Products Safety Commission
DHS: United States Department of Homeland Security
DOD: United States Department of Defense
DOE: United States Department of Energy
DOJ: United States Department of Justice
DOT: United States Department of Transportation
ED: United States Department of Education
EPA: United States Environmental Protection Agency
FDA: United States Food and Drug Administration
FDR: Canadian Food and Drug Regulations
FERPA: Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
FWA: Federalwide Assurance
HDE: Humanitarian Device Exemption
HHS: United States Department of Health and Human Services
HIPAA: Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
HRPP: Human Research Protection Program
HUD: Humanitarian Use Device
ICH-GCP: International Council on Harmonisation – Good Clinical Practice
IDE: Investigational Device Exemption
IND: Investigational New Drug
IRB: Institutional Review Board
LAR: Legally Authorized Representative
NASA: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NSF: United States National Science Foundation
NSR: Non-significant Risk Device
OHRP: Office of Human Research Protections
OSTP: United States Office of Science Technology and Policy
PIPEDA: Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act
PPRA: Protection of Pupil Rights Amendment
REB: Research Ethics Board
REC: Research Ethics Committee
SOP: Standard Operating Procedure
SR: Significant Risk Device
SSA: United States Social Security Administration
TCPS: Canadian Tri-Council Policy Statement: Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans
US: United States
USDA: Department of Agriculture
WIRB: Western IRB
VA: Veterans Affairs