CRO is short for Contract Research Organization.
SVR (Systemic Vascular Resistance) or Peripheral vascular resistance ,is the resistance in the circulatory system that is used to create blood pressure, the flow of blood and is also a component of cardiac function. When blood vessels constrict (vasoconstriction) this leads to an increase in SVR.
A hydatidiform mole is a slow-growing tumor that develops from trophoblastic cells (cells that help an embryo attach to the uterus and help form the placenta) after fertilization of an egg by a sperm. The word hydatidiform itself comes from the word hydatid which means a cyst due to infection by larvae of some species of the tapeworm, due to tumor said resemblance.
IRB is short for Institutional Review Board
The book left on the kitchen counter by Doctor Glassman is called "The Outlier: The Unfinished Presidency of Jimmy Carter" by Kai Bird