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Neeta Vora, MD

Professor, Maternal-Fetal Medicine and Genetics

Research Interests

Keywords: ultrasound, prenatal diagnosis, reproductive genetics

Clinical Profile

Dr. Vora is triple-boarded in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Maternal Fetal Medicine, and Clinical Genetics.  She is now Professor of Ob/Gyn and Director of Reproductive Genetics at UNC-CH.  Dr. Vora has an R01 from NICHD to study novel genes critical to human brain development with functional modeling in a zebrafish model.  She is a co-investigator on a multicenter prenatal whole genome sequencing grant and co-investigator on a grant regarding how patients prepare for a prenatal diagnosis of a genetic condition.  Her research also focuses on studying and addressing barriers in access to prenatal genetic testing with long term goal to achieve greater equity in access to genetic testing and genetic counseling.

She has authored more than 95 articles on prenatal genetics, ranging from cell free DNA to whole exome and genome sequencing.

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Publications

Neeta Vora in UNC Genetics News

Neeta Vora