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HPTN Acronym List
This is a list of commonly used acronyms in the field of HIV prevention and the HPTN

ART

Antiretroviral Therapy

CAB

Community Advisory Board

CFR

Code of Federal Regulations

CL

Central Laboratory

CORE

Coordinating and Operations Center

CP

Concept Plan

CPA

Cooperative Project Assurance

CPRP

Cooperative Protocol Research Program

CRM

Clinical Research Manager (CORE)

DAIDS

Division of AIDS

DHHS

Department of Health and Human Services

DMC

HIVNET Domestic Master Contractor

EAC

External Advisory Committee

EC

Executive Committee

ETB

Efficacy Trials Branch

FHI

Family Health International

FHCRC

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

HIVNET

HIV Network for Prevention Trials

HPTN

HIV Prevention Trials Network

HPTU

HIV Prevention Trials Unit

HVTN

HIV Vaccine Trials Network

HVTU

HIV Vaccine Trials Unit

IMC

HIVNET International Master Contractor

IDU

Injecting Drug Use

JHU

Johns Hopkins University

LC

HIVNET Laboratory Center

MO

NIH Medical Officer

MPA

Multiple Project Assurance

MRC

Manuscript Review Committee

NEC

Network Evaluation Committee

NIAID

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease

NICHD

National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

NIDA

National Institute on Drug Abuse

NIH

National Institutes of Health

NIMH

National Institute of Mental Health

OAR

Office for AIDS Research

OHRP

Office for Human Research Protection (formerlly OPRR)

PAB

Pharmaceutical Affairs Branch

PLG

Prevention Leadership Group

POC

Protocol Operations Coordinator (SDMC)

PRC

Protocol Review Committee

PSRC

Prevention Sciences Review Committee (DAIDS)

PT

Protocol Team

PTN

Prevention Trials Network

PY

Person Years

QC

Quality Control

QA

Quality Assurance

RA

Regulatory Affairs

RCT

Randomized Controlled Trial

ROC

DAIDS Regulatory Operations Center

SAE

Serious Adverse Experience

SCHARP Statistical Center for HIV/AIDS Research & Prevention

SDMC

Statistical and Data Management Center

SIV

Simian Immuodeficiency Virus

SMC

Study Monitoring Committee

SOP

Standard Operating Procedures

SPA

Single Project Assurance

SSG

Scientific Steering Group (HIVNET)

STD

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

SWG

Science Working Group

UNAIDS

Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS

USAID

US Agency for International Development

VPRP

Vaccine Prevention Research Program, DAIDS

VRDL

Viral and Rickettsial Disease Laboratory

WHO

World Health Organization

 
      
 

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This page was last updated: July 18, 2007