List of Acronyms
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Acronym
Name
A&P
Appointments and Promotions
AAALAC
AAHRPP
Association for Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care
Association for the Accreditation of Human Research Protection
Programs
AAMC
Association of American Medical Colleges
ABGC
American Board of Genetic Counseling
ACGME
Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education
ADRC
Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center
AE
Adverse Event
AHC
Adolescent Health Center
AMA
American Medical Association
AMSA
American Medical Student Association
APT
Appointments, Promotions and Tenure
ARRA
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
BERD
Biostatistics, Epidemiology, Ethics and Research Design
BIIR
Baylor Institute for Immunology Research
BIRC-MS
Brain Injury Research Center of Mount Sinai
BOT
Board of Trustees
CAM
Center for Advanced Medicine
CARTS
Clinical, Administrative, Research, Teaching and Strategic
CBPR
Community-Based Participatory Research
CC
NIH Clinical Center
CCARP
Centers for Community and Academic Research Partnerships
CCL
Center for Clinical Laboratories
CCMS
Center for Comparative Medicine and Surgery
CDC
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
CEHC
Children’s Environmental Health Center
CEIRS
Centers of Excellence for Influenza Research and Surveillance
CEO
Chief Executive Officer
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List of Acronyms
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Acronym*
Acronym
Name
CEPH
CePORTED
Council on Education for Public Health
Center for Patient Oriented Research, Training, Education and
Development
CER
Comparative Effectiveness Research
CEYE
Center for Excellence in Youth Education
CHDI
Child Health and Development Institute
CIT
Center for Information Technology
CMCA
Center for Multicultural and Community Affairs
COI
Conflict of Interest
Conduits
Institutes for Translational Sciences (MSSM’s CTSA)
CoSA
Committee on Special Awards
CRC
Clinical Research Center
CRIP
Center for Research on Influenza Pathogenesis
CRTP
Clinical Research Training Program
CRU
Clinical Research Unit
CSC
Curriculum Steering Committee
CSM
Center for Science and Medicine
CSR
Center for Scientific Review
CTBB
Clinical Trials Budget and Billing Office
CTIE
Center for Technology Innovation and Entrepreneurship
CTSA
Clinical and Translational Science Award (Conduits is the MSSM brand)
CVI
Cardiovascular Research Institute
DDCRF
Doris Duke Clinical Research Fellowship
DFG
Disease Focus Group
DLB
Dean’s Leadership Board
DOM
Department of Medicine
DPPHI
Disease Prevention and Public Health Institute
DSMB
Data and Safety Monitoring Board
DSMC
Data and Safety Monitoring Committee
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List of Acronyms
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Acronym*
Acronym
Name
DSMP
Data and Safety Monitoring Plan
DURC
Dual Use Research of Concern
ECC
Executive Curriculum Committee
ECFMG
Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates
EDR
Electronic Data Repository
EHS
Environmental Health Service
eRAP
Electronic Research Application Portal
ERAS
Electronic Residency Application Service
ESCRO
Embryonic Stem Cell Research Oversight Committee
ETI
Experimental Therapeutics Institute
ETT
Experimental Therapeutics and Technology
F&A
Facilities and Administrative Costs
FBI
Friedman Brain Institute
FCOI
Financial Conflicts of Interest
FCOIR
Financial Conflicts of Interest in Research
FCOIRC
Financial Conflicts of Interest in Research Committee
FDA
Food and Drug Administration
FDC
Facilities, Design and Construction
FERPA
FIC
Family Education Rights and Privacy Act
John E. Fogarty International Center for Advanced Study in the Health
Sciences
FPA
Faculty Practice Associates
GCO
Grants and Contracts Office
GCP
Good Clinical Practice
GLP
Good Laboratory Practice
GMP
Good Manufacturing Practice
GP
Guggenheim Pavilion
GPA
Grade Point Average
GRE
Graduate Record Examination
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List of Acronyms
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Name
GWAS
Genome-Wide Association Studies
HuMed
Humanities and Medicine Program
HCOP
Health Careers Opportunity Program
hESC
Human Embryonic Stem Cell
HPC
High Performance Computing
HRSA
Health Resources and Services Administration
HVAC
Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning
IACUC
Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee
IBC
Institutional Biosafety Committee
IBO
Institutional Biosafety Officer
IDE
Investigational Device Exemption
IDS
Investigational Drug Service
II
Immunology Institute
IME
Institute for Medical Education
IMI
Icahn Medical Institute
InChoir
International Center for Health Outcomes and Innovation Research
IND
Investigational New Drug
INSPIRE
Individual Scholarly Project and Independent Research Experience
IP
Intellectual Property
IPM
Charles R. Bronfman Institute for Personalized Medicine
IRB
Institutional Review Board
ISC
Integrated Screening Core
KCC
Klingenstein Clinical Center
KP
Klingenstein Pavilion
LCE
Longitudinal Clinical Experience
LCME
Liaison Committee for Medical Education
LIMS
Laboratory Information Management System
MCAT
Medical College Admission Test
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List of Acronyms
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Acronym
Name
MGMA
Medical Group Management Association
MIC
Molecular Informatics Core
MPH
Master of Public Health
MSBS
Master of Biomedical Sciences
MSCR
Master of Science in Clinical Research
MSDW
Mount Sinai Data Warehouse
MSGC
Master of Science in Genetic Counseling
MSH
The Mount Sinai Hospital
MSMC
The Mount Sinai Medical Center
MSPE
Medical Student Performance Evaluation
MSSM
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
MSTP
Medical Scientist Training Program
NBME
National Board of Medical Examiners
NCATS
National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences
NCCAM
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
NCI
National Cancer Institute
NEI
National Eye Institute
NHLBI
National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
NHGRI
National Human Genome Research Institute
NIA
National Institute on Aging
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
NIBIB
NICHD
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human
Development
NIDCD
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
NIDDK
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
NIDA
National Institute on Drug Abuse
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Acronym
Name
NIEHS
National Institute on Environmental Health Sciences
NIGMS
National Institute of General Medical Sciences
NIH
National Institutes of Health
NIMH
National Institute of Mental Health
NIMHD
National Institute of Minority Health and Health Disparities
NINDS
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
NINR
National Institute of Nursing Research
NLM
National Library of Medicine
OD
NIH Office of the Director
OLAW
Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare
ORI
Office of Research Integrity
OTBD
Office of Technology and Business Development
OWC
Office for Women’s Careers
PCIR
Participant and Clinical Interactions Resources
PORTAL
Patient Oriented Research, Training and Leadership
PPHS
Program for the Protection of Human Subjects
PREP
Post-Baccalaureate Research Program
PRMC
Protocol Review Monitoring Committee
QDR
Quad Data Rate
RCR
Responsible Conduct of Research
RIO
Research Integrity Officer
RMTI
Recanati/Miller Transplantation Institute
RSA
Research Subject Advocate
SAE
Serious Adverse Event
SBCNY
Systems Biology Center New York
SciMed
Science and Medicine Program
SEP
Summer Enrichment Program
SRF
Shared Resource Facilities
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List of Acronyms
Acronym
Name
SURP
Summer Undergraduate Research Program
TCI
Tisch Cancer Institute
TMII
Translational & Molecular Imaging Institute
URM
Underrepresented in Medicine
USMLE
United States Medical Licensing Exam
WFG
Women Faculty Group
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