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Good Clinical Practice

An international set of quality standard for clinical care, including clinical trials involving human subjects. The standards are developed by the International Conference on Harmonisation (ICH/GCP)….

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Government Furnished Property

Government furnished equipment, also known as Government Furnished Property (GFP) is equipment that is brought into or sent to the University by a Government agency to…

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Grant

A legal instrument (award) of financial assistance between a sponsor and a recipient. The purpose is to transfer something of value to carry out a public…

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Grants.gov

Web portal to 26 federal agencies – find grant opportunities, submit grants, track status

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Group B Shipment (GBS) – License Exception GBS

15 CFR 740.4 For national security reasons only, controlled commodities for export and reexport to a given destination are authorized provided they are destined for a…

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GRSA

Graduate Research Student Assistant

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GSA

General Services Administration

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Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States HTSUS

15 CFR 30.1 An organized listing of goods and their duty rates, developed by the U.S. International Trade Commission, which is used by CBP as the…

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Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA)

Contains provisions to protect the confidentiality and security of individually identifiable health care information about patients (Protected Health Information, or PHI) that arises in the course…

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HEPPS

Higher Education Payroll/ Personnel System (UW), prior to June 27, 2017. Replaced by Workday 

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HESC

Human embryonic stem cells

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HIPAA

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act

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HIPAA Authorization

The formal documentation of consent for release of protected health information, given by either the patient or a legally authorized representative. For the authorization to be…

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HMC

Harborview Medical Center

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HRP

Human Resource/Payroll

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HRSA

Health Resources and Services Administration

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HRSC

Human Resource Service Center

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HS

Human Subjects

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HSD

Human Subjects Division (UW Office of Research)

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HSRC

Human Subjects Review Committee (UW)

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