Dr. Barrie is an Associate Director of both the Molecular Diagnostics and Cytogenetics laboratories at Virginia Commonwealth University Health System. She also serves as a core faculty member and the Associate Program Director for the Laboratory Genetics and Genomics (LGG) fellowship program. She is board certified in Clinical Cytogenetics and Genomics as well as Clinical Molecular Genetics and Genomics through ABMGG. Dr. Barrie's clinical and research interests involve genetic testing for both inherited and acquired conditions with a particular interest in prenatal cell-free DNA screening. She is also involved in the implementation, and application of new technologies in the laboratory including next-generation sequencing. She has successfully coordinated international research collaborations to investigate the phenotypes linked to novel variants in rare diseases.