Umadevi Tantravahi, Ph.D.

Director
Associate Professor
Letantrave@wihri.org
T: 401 453-7537
F: 401 453-7547

Women and Infants Hospital of Rhode Island
70 Elm St. 3rd Floor
Room 307
Providence, RI 02905

Medical Education/Graduate Education:

Ph.D. in Human Genetics

Fellowship:

Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA (postdoctoral fellowship)

Board Certification:

American Board of Medical Genetics-Molecular genetics 1996, Cytogenetics 2002

Research Interests:

Translational research involving cloning of genes related to birth defects and oncology

Most Recent Significant Publications:

Larrabee, PB, Johnson, KL, Lai, C, Ordovas, J, Cowan, JM, Tantravahi, U, Bianchi, DW (2005) Global gene expression analysis of the living human fetus using cell-free messenger RNA in amniotic fluid. JAMA 16, 293(7):836-842.

Lambert-Messerlian, GM, Pinar, H, Laprade, E, Tantravahi, U, Scheneyer A, Canick, JA (2004) Inhibins and activins in human fetal abnormalities. Mol Cell Endocrinol 225(1-2):101-108.

Larrabee, PB, Johnson, KL, Pestova, E, Lucas, M, Wilber, K, LeShane, ES, Tantravahi, U, Cowan, JM, Bianchi, DW (2004) Microarray analysis of cell-free fetal DNA in amniotic fluid: a prenatal molecular karyotype. Am J Hum Genet 75(3):485-491.