| 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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