Stephanie Yang

Stephanie Yang is an accomplished Associate Director of Data Science at Merck, with a strong background in computational genomics and bioinformatics. Previous roles include Computational Genomics Senior Research Scientist and Research Scientist at Vertex Pharmaceuticals, and a Graduate Student at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, where innovative research led to three first-author publications. Yang has experience mentoring students, presenting research at conferences, and building reproducible bioinformatics pipelines. Academic credentials include a PhD in Human Genetics from The Johns Hopkins University and a BA in Chemistry from Bryn Mawr College.