| Acronym | Meaning |
| SIAM | Society For Industrial And Applied Mathematics |
| AGT | Association Of Genetic Technologists |
| DHHS | Dept. Of Health And Human Services |
| SCE | School Of Continuing Education |
| AACC | American Association For Clinical Chemistry |
| IOM | Institute Of Medicine |
| NSGC | National Society Of Genetic Counselors |
| HICSS | Hawaii Intl. Conf. On Systems Sci. |
| AES | American Electrophoresis Society |
| RAPD | Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA |