A
AAIC
Alzheimer's Association International Conference
ACG
Analysis Coordinating Group
AD
Alzheimer’s Disease
ADDI
Alzheimer’s Disease Data Initiative
ADGC
Alzheimer’s Disease Genetics Consortium
ADKP
Alzheimer’s Disease Knowledge Portal
ADNI
Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative
ADRC
Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center
ADRD
Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias
ADSP
Alzheimer’s Disease Sequencing Program
AI/ML
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
ALS
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
AMIA
American Medical Informatics Association
AMP-AD
Accelerating Medicines Partnership – Alzheimer’s Disease Target Discovery and Preclinical Validation project
ASHG
American Society of Human Genetics
A/T/N
Amyloid, Tau, and Neurodegeneration
AWG
Analysis Working Group
B
BICAN
BRAIN Initiative Cell Atlas Network
C
CAA
Cerebral amyloid angiopathy
CADR
Controlled-Access Data Repository
CC
Coordinating Center
CHARGE
Cohorts for Heart and Aging Research in Genomic Epidemiology
CSF
Cerebrospinal fluid
D
DAR
Data Access Request
dbGaP
Database for Genotypes and Phenotypes
DOI
Digital Object Identifier
DSS
Data Sharing Service
DTA
Data Transfer Agreement
E
EC-4C
Executive Committee – Cross-consortium Collaboration and Communication Committee
EGA
European Genome-phenome Archive
EHR
Electronic Health Record
EPC
External Program Consultant
ETC
Education and Training Committee
F
FAIR
Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable
FoG
Festival of Genomics
FTD
Frontotemporal degeneration
FunGen-AD
ADSP Functional Genomics Consortium
FUS
Follow-Up Study
FUS-Seq
Follow-Up Study Sequencing
G
GAAIN
Global Alzheimer's Association Interactive Network
GCAD
Genome Center for Alzheimer’s Disease
GMM
Gaussian Mixture Model
GSR
Genomic Summary Results
GWAS
Genome-Wide Association Study
I
IGAP
International Genomics of Alzheimer’s Project
IRB
Institutional Review Board
ISTAART
International Society to Advance Alzheimer's Research and Treatment
L
LBD
Lewy Body Dementia
LD
Linkage Disequilibrium
LLM
Large Language Model
LONI
Laboratory of Neuro Imaging
M
MPI
Multiple Principal Investigator
MR
Mendelian Randomization
MRI
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
N
NACC
National Alzheimer’s Coordinating Center
NCRAD
National Centralized Repository for Alzheimer's Disease
NIA
National Institute on Aging
NIAGADS
National Institute on Aging Genetics of Alzheimer’s Disease Data Storage Site
NINDS
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
P
PD
Parkinson’s Disease
PET
Positron Emission Tomography
PHC
ADSP Phenotype Harmonization Consortium
PIA
Professional Interest Area
PSP
Progressive Supranuclear Palsy
Q
QC
Quality Control
QTL
Quantitative Trait Locus
S
SCeNS
Symmetric Centipolar Normalized Score
SEA-AD
Seattle Alzheimer’s Disease Brain Cell Atlas
SfN
Society for Neuroscience
SNV
Single-nucleotide Variant
SOP
Standard Operating Procedure
SPC
Strategic Planning Committee
SV
Structural Variant
V
VCID
Vascular contributions to cognitive impairment and dementia
W
WG
Working Group
WGS
Whole Genome Sequencing
X
xQTL
Molecular Quantitative Trait Loci