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 |
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) |
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 |
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