UW Research
Glossary of Terms and Acronyms
- permission (parental)
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The agreement of parent(s) or guardian to the participation of their child or ward in research.
- PHS
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Public Health Service
- PI
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Principal Investigator See Principal Investigator (PI) Personnel
- PIT
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Process Improvement Team (UW)
- PMC
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PubMed Central
- PMCID
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PubMed Central reference number (PMCID) unique identifier for articles archived in PubMed Central in compliance with the NIH Public Access Policy (mandatory compliance effective April 7)
- PMID
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PubMed unique identifier (PMID) assigned to each article as it is added to PubMed (will not meet the NIH guidelines)
- PMS
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Payment Management System (Federal draw down system)
- PO
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Purchase Order
- POC
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Point of Contact