| AACTG |
Adult AIDS Clinical Trials Group (DAIDS) |
| ACT-UP |
AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power |
| ACTIS |
AIDS Clinical Trials Information Service |
| AmFAR |
American Foundation for AIDS Research |
| ARAC |
AIDS Research Advisory Committee (NIAID) |
| ATIS |
AIDS Treatment Information Service |
| AVAC |
AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition |
| AVEG |
AIDS Vaccine Evaluation Group |
| AVRC |
AIDS Vaccine Research Committee |
| BSP |
Basic Sciences Program (DAIDS) |
| CDC |
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
| CPCRA |
The Terry Beirn Community Programs for Clinical Research on AIDS (DAIDS) |
| CSMB |
Clinical Site Management Branch (DAIDS) |
| CSMG |
Clinical Site Monitoring Group (DAIDS) |
| CSRC |
Clinical Science Review Committee (DAIDS) |
| DAIDS |
Division of AIDS |
| DATRI |
Division of AIDS Treatment Research Initiative (active until May 1998) |
| DHHS |
Department of Health and Human Services |
| DSMB |
Data and Safety Monitoring Board |
| FDA |
Food and Drug Administration |
| FHCRC |
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center |
| FHI |
Family Health International |
| FIC |
Fogarty International Center (NIH) |
| HRSA |
Human Resources Services Administration |
| HIVNET |
HIV Network for Prevention Trials (Closed October 1999) |
| HHS |
Department of Health and Human Services |
| HPTN |
HIV Prevention Trials Network |
| HPTU |
HIV Prevention Trials Unit |
| HVTN |
HIV Vaccine Trials Network |
| HVTU |
HIV Vaccine Trials Unit |
| IAVI |
International AIDS Vaccine Initiative |
| IC |
Institutes and Centers (NIH) |
| ICAAC |
Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy |
| ICASO |
International Council of AIDS Service Organizations |
| JHU |
Johns Hopkins University |
| MACS |
Multicenter AIDS Cohort Studies |
| MRC |
Medical Research Council of South Africa |
| MRFTT |
Medical Research Foundation of Trinidad and Tobago |
| MSG |
Mycoses Study Group |
| NAAIDC |
National Advisory Allergy and Infectious Disease Council (NIAID) |
| NCHGR |
National Center for Human Genome Research (NIH) |
| NCI |
National Cancer Institute (NIH) |
| NCNR |
National Center for Nursing Research (NIH) |
| NCRR |
National Center for Research Resources (NIH) |
| NCVDG |
National Cooperative Vaccine Development Group (DAIDS) |
| NEI |
National Eye Institute (NIH) |
| NHLBI |
National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NIH) |
| NIA |
National Institute of Aging (NIH) |
| NIAAA |
National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIH) |
| NIAID |
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIH) |
| NIAMS |
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIH) |
| NICHD |
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NIH) |
| NIDA |
National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIH) |
| NIDDK |
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIH) |
| NIDCD |
National Institute of Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIH) |
| NIDR |
National Institute of Dental Research (NIH) |
| NIEHS |
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIH) |
| NIGMS |
National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIH) |
| NIH |
National Institutes of Health (NIH) |
| NIMH |
National Institute of Mental Health (NIH) |
| NINDS |
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NIH) |
| NLM |
National Library of Medicine (NIH) |
| NYBC |
New York Blood Center |
| OAR |
Office of AIDS Research (NIH) |
| OC |
Office of Communications (NIAID) |
| OD |
Office of the Director |
| OAR |
Office of AIDS Research (NIH) |
| OHRP |
Office of Human Research Protection (Formerely OPRR) (NIH) |
| OARAC |
Office of AIDS Research Advisory Committee |
| PACTG |
Pediatric AIDS Clinical Trials Group (DAIDS) |
| PHS |
Public Health Service |
| PRAB |
Pharmaceutical & Regulatory Affairs Branch (DAIDS) |
| PTN |
(see HPTN) |
| ROC |
Regulatory Operations Center (ROC) |
| SCHARP |
Statistical Center for HIV/AIDS Research and Prevention |
| SDMC |
Statistical and Data Management Center |
| SFDPH |
San Francisco Department of Public Health |
| SLU |
Saint Louis University |
| SOCA |
Studies of the Ocular Complications of AIDS (NEI) |
| TRP |
Therapeutics Research Program (DAIDS) |
| UAB |
University of Alabama at Birmingham |
| UIC |
University of Illinois at Chicago |
| UMD |
University of Maryland |
| UNAIDS |
Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS |
| URMC |
University of Rochester Medical Center |
| USAID |
United Stated Agency for International Development |
| UW |
University of Washington |
| VPRP |
Vaccine and Prevention Research Program (DAIDS) |
| VTN |
(see HVTN) |
| WHO |
World Health Organization |
| WIHS |
Women's Interagency HIV Study (DAIDS) |
| WITS |
Women and Infants Transmission Study (DAIDS) |
| WRAIR |
Walter Reed Army Institute of Research |
