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Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Acronyms." Institute of Medicine. 2015. Enabling Rapid and Sustainable Public Health Research During Disasters: Summary of a Joint Workshop by the Institute of Medicine and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/18967.
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Acronyms

ASPR

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response

CASPER

Community Assessment for Public Health Emergency Response

CDC

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

CMS

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

CRS

Congressional Research Service

CSTE

Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists

Disaster-PAST

Disaster Psychosocial Assessment and Surveillance Toolkit

DOI

U.S. Department of the Interior

DR2

National Institutes of Health Disaster Research Response Project

DSHS

Department of State Health Services–Texas

EHR

electronic health record

EMS

emergency medical services

EMT

emergency medical technician

EPA

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

EPCR

electronic patient care report

ERHMS

Emergency Responder Health Monitoring and Surveillance System

ESF

Emergency Support Function

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Acronyms." Institute of Medicine. 2015. Enabling Rapid and Sustainable Public Health Research During Disasters: Summary of a Joint Workshop by the Institute of Medicine and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/18967.
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FACA

Federal Advisory Committee Act

FDA

U.S. Food and Drug Administration

FDNY

Fire Department of the City of New York

FEMA

Federal Emergency Management Agency

GuLF

Gulf Long-term Follow-up Study

HHS

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

HIPAA

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act

ICS

incident command structure

IOM

Institute of Medicine

IRB

institutional review board

NACCHO

National Association of County and City Health Officials

NAS

National Academy of Sciences

NCEH

National Center for Environmental Health (CDC)

NDLON

National Day Laborer Organizing Network

NEMSIS

National EMS Information System

NGO

nongovernmental organization

NHTSA

National Highway Transportation Safety Administration

NIEHS

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

NIH

National Institutes of Health

NIMH

National Institute of Mental Health

NIOSH

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (CDC)

NLM

National Library of Medicine

NPRSB

National Preparedness and Research Science Board

NSF

National Science Foundation

NYAM

New York Academy of Medicine

NYU

New York University

OHSRP

Office of Human Subjects Research Protections (NIH)

OMB

Office of Management and Budget

OSHA

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

PHERRB

Public Health Emergency Research Review Board

PREP

Program for Emergency Preparedness (USCIITG)

RAPID

Grants for Rapid Response Research program (NSF)

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Acronyms." Institute of Medicine. 2015. Enabling Rapid and Sustainable Public Health Research During Disasters: Summary of a Joint Workshop by the Institute of Medicine and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/18967.
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SSG

Strategic Sciences Group (DOI)

USCIITG

U.S. Critical Illness and Injury Trials Group

UTMB

University of Texas Medical Branch

WETP

Worker Education and Training Program (NIEHS)

WTC

World Trade Center

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Acronyms." Institute of Medicine. 2015. Enabling Rapid and Sustainable Public Health Research During Disasters: Summary of a Joint Workshop by the Institute of Medicine and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/18967.
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Over the past decade, preparedness and response capacities of government agencies, hospitals and clinics, public health agencies, and academic researchers in the United States and abroad have been challenged by a succession of public health emergencies, ranging from radiological threats to pandemics to earthquakes. Through After Action Reports, each of these emergencies has yielded important information and lessons learned that can inform future disaster response and recovery efforts. However, important information that needs to be collected during and immediately following these emergencies is often missed because of barriers and obstacles to gathering such data, such as varying institutional review board restrictions in different states, no sustainable funding network for this type of work, uncertainty on who should be involved in research response, and a lack of knowledge around how best to integrate research into response and recovery frameworks.

Taking action to enable medical and public health research during disasters was the focus of a workshop held on June 12 and 13, 2014, coordinated and supported jointly by the Institute of Medicine Forum on Medical and Public Health Preparedness for Catastrophic Events, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, the National Library of Medicine, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Invited speakers and participants from federal, state, and local government, academia, and community and worker organizations came together to discuss how to integrate research into existing response structures; identify critical research needs and priorities; identify obstacles and barriers to research; discuss structures and strategies needed for deployment of a research study; share ideas, innovations, and technologies to support research; and explore data collection tools and data-sharing mechanisms for both rapid and longitudinal research. Enabling Rapid and Sustainable Public Health Research During Disasters summarizes the presentations and discussion of the workshop.

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