{"id":7041,"date":"2026-03-13T14:34:50","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T14:34:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/obgyn\/?p=7041"},"modified":"2026-03-13T14:34:50","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T14:34:50","slug":"andrea-johnson-and-dr-neeta-vora-present-at-2026-annual-clinical-genetics-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/obgyn\/2026\/03\/13\/andrea-johnson-and-dr-neeta-vora-present-at-2026-annual-clinical-genetics-meeting\/","title":{"rendered":"Andrea Johnson and Dr. Neeta Vora Present at 2026 Annual Clinical Genetics Meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"

At the 2026 Annual Clinical Genetics Meeting (ACMG), Andrea Johnson, MS, CGC<\/a>, presented collaborative research led by principal investigator Dr. Neeta Vora, with patient recruitment and data analysis conducted by Kelly Gilmore. All three are UNC Maternal Fetal Medicine faculty whose combined efforts are advancing genomic and functional insights into fetal brain abnormalities. Their work reflects the strength of UNC\u2019s interdisciplinary approach to research with a goal of improving diagnosis and care for families.<\/p>\n

Dr. Neeta Vora<\/a>, UNC Maternal Fetal Medicine faculty and principal investigator on multiple genomic initiatives, presented on the rapidly evolving landscape of non\u2011invasive fetal sequencing (NIFS) during a Scientific Concurrent Session at the 2026 ACMG Annual Clinical Genetics Meeting. Her talk, \u2018Cell Free DNA Overview and Future Directions,\u2019 underscored how advances in cell\u2011free DNA technology are bringing comprehensive fetal genomic assessment closer to clinical reality. Dr. Vora\u2019s leadership continues to position UNC at the forefront of shaping the next era of prenatal diagnosis.<\/p>\n

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At the 2026 Annual Clinical Genetics Meeting (ACMG), Andrea Johnson, MS, CGC, presented collaborative research led by principal investigator Dr. Neeta Vora, with patient recruitment and data analysis conducted by Kelly Gilmore. All three are UNC Maternal Fetal Medicine faculty whose combined efforts are advancing genomic and functional insights into fetal brain abnormalities. Their work … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":116513,"featured_media":7042,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"layout":"","cellInformation":"","apiCallInformation":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[148,49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7041","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-maternal-fetal-medicine","category-news","odd"],"acf":[],"featured_image":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/obgyn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1360\/2026\/03\/Vora-Talati-Dyke-Johson-at-ACMG.jpg","featured_image_medium":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/obgyn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1360\/2026\/03\/Vora-Talati-Dyke-Johson-at-ACMG-225x300.jpg","featured_image_medium_large":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/obgyn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1360\/2026\/03\/Vora-Talati-Dyke-Johson-at-ACMG.jpg","featured_image_large":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/obgyn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1360\/2026\/03\/Vora-Talati-Dyke-Johson-at-ACMG.jpg","featured_image_thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/obgyn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1360\/2026\/03\/Vora-Talati-Dyke-Johson-at-ACMG-150x150.jpg","featured_image_alt":"","category_details":[{"name":"Maternal Fetal Medicine","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/obgyn\/category\/maternal-fetal-medicine\/"},{"name":"News","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/obgyn\/category\/news\/"}],"tag_details":[],"_links_to":[],"_links_to_target":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/obgyn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7041","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/obgyn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/obgyn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/obgyn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/116513"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/obgyn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7041"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/obgyn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7041\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7050,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/obgyn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7041\/revisions\/7050"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/obgyn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7042"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/obgyn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/obgyn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/obgyn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}