| Acronym | Meaning |
| NIH | National Institutes Of Health |
| BACR | British Association For Cancer Research |
| NMHCC | National Managed Health Care Congress |
| AANP | American Association Of Neuropathologists |
| CORN | Council Of Regional Networks For Genetic Services |
| OSU | Oregon State University |
| SNL | Sandia National Laboratory |
| BNL | Brookhaven National Laboratory |
| TIGR/NIST | The Inst. For Genomic Res./Natl. Inst. Of Standards And Technol. |
| NRSA | National Research Service Award |