| DHHS | Department of Health and Human Services |
| FDA | Food and Drug Administration |
| FWA | Federal-Wide Assurance |
| HIPAA | Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act |
| HSC | Human Subjects Committee |
| IRB | Institutional Review Board (UW-Parkside Human Subjects Committee) |
| FWA | Federal-Wide Assurance |
| NIH | National Institutes of Health |
| PHI | protected health information |
| QA | quality assessment |
| QI | QI quality improvement |