Acronyms
What do all the acronyms mean?
3 R’s: Reduction, Refinement, Replacement
AAALAC: Association for Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care
AALAS: American Association for Laboratory Animal Science
ACUP: Animal Care and Use Program
APHIS/AC: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service/Animal Care
ART Core: Assisted Reproductive Technologies
AV: Attending Veterinarian
AVMA: American Veterinary Medical Association
AWA: Animal Welfare Act
AWAR: Animal Welfare Act Regulations
AWIC: Animal Welfare Information Center
CIO: Chief Integrity Officer
CoI: Conflict of Interest
CoIR: Conflict of Interest in Research
CWC: Central and Waterfront Campus
DAR: formerly Division of Animal Resources (WC). See DCM-W for new name.
DCM-C: Department of Comparative Medicine for Central and Waterfront Campus
DCM-W: Division of Comparative Medicine for West Campus, previously called DAR.
DMR: Designated Member Review
DRI: Director of Research Integrity
DVM: Doctor of Veterinary Medicine
eIACUC: Electronic IACUC
FCR: Full Committee Review
HREA: Health Research Extension Act
IACUC: Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee
IBC: Institutional Biosafety Committee
ILAR: Institute for Laboratory Animal Research
ILT: IACUC Leadership Team
IO: Institutional Official
LAT: Laboratory Animal Technician
LATG: Laboratory Animal Technologist
NABR: National Association for Biomedical Research
NHP: Non Human Primate
NIH: National Institutes of Health
NWABR: Northwest Association for Biomedical Research
OIAC: OHSU IACUC Advisory Council
OLAW: Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare
ONPRC: Oregon National Primate Research Center (WC)
OPRR: Office of Protection from Research Risks
ORIO: OHSU Research Integrity Office
PHS: Public Health Service
PI: Principal Investigator
PRIM&R: Public Responsibility in Medicine and Research
RCR: Responsible Conduct of Research
RDA: Research Development & Administration
RGC: Research Grants and Contracts
RIO: Research Integrity Officer
SCAW: Scientists Center for Animal Welfare
SHCC: Shiners Hospital for Crippled Children
sILT: Subcommittee of ILT
SPA: Sponsored Projects Administration
TTBD: Technology Transfer & Business Development
USDA: United States Department of Agriculture
VAS: Vertebrate Animal Section
VMD: Veterinariae Medicinae Doctoris
VPR: Vice President for Research
