Glossary of Terms and Acronyms
- VA
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Veterans Administration Review information: Proposal submission to Veterans Affairs Affiliated and Collaborating Institutions – Veterans Affairs of Puget Sound
- VAPSHCS
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Veterans Administration Puget Sound Health Care System
- vulnerable populations
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Groups of subjects who may be at higher risk for effects of undue influence or coercion on their decision about whether to participate in a research…
- WAC
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Washington Administrative Code
- waiver of consent
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According to federal regulations, researchers may not involve a human being as a subject in research unless they have obtained the “legally effective informed consent of…
- waiver of documentation of consent
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Federal regulations require a researcher to document that the research participants have provided informed consent. This is typically accomplished by signing a consent form. However, the…
- waiver of HIPAA authorization
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A request for permission to access, obtain, use or disclose a research subject’s Protected Health Information (PHI) for research purposes without obtaining the subject’s specific authorization…
- Wassenaar Arrangement
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This agreement between Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland,…
- WIAP
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Washington Innovation Advantage Program
- WSIRB
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Washington State Institutional Review Board (located in Olympia and used for research with state agencies such as DSHS, DoH and L&I)