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Ignatia Van Den Veyver

Ignatia Van Den Veyver

Professor, Baylor College of Medicine
Igna Van den Veyver, M.D. is a Professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and the Department of Molecular and Human Genetics at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas and Director of Prenatal and Reproductive Genetics at Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital and a faculty member of the Texas Children's Fetal Center. Her clinical translational research focuses on exploring novel genetic and genomic methods of prenatal genetic testing and the complexities of their integration into prenatal care. She is an investigator of the multicenter PrenatalSEQ study, which evaluates the impact of trio genome sequencing for prenatal diagnosis of fetuses with structural anomalies. In addition, the research team in her laboratory in the Duncan Neurological Research Institute at Texas Children's Hospital conducts translational and basic research on the molecular genetics and epigenetics of human developmental and reproductive disorders with a focus on maternal effect genes. Dr. Van den Veyver is past president of the International Society for Prenatal Diagnosis and an associate editor of Prenatal Diagnosis.
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