{{Short description|American geneticist}} {{Infobox scientist | name = Meredith Yeager | image = Meredith Yeager.png | birth_name = Stella Meredith Yeager | fields = Cancer genomics | workplaces = National Cancer Institute<br>Hood College | alma_mater = Radford University<br>Hood College<br>Pennsylvania State University }}

'''Stella Meredith Yeager''' is an American geneticist who specializes in cancer genomics. She was the scientific director of the cancer genomics research laboratory at the National Cancer Institute. Yeager is an assistant professor of biology at Hood College.

== Life == Yeager completed a B.S. at Radford University.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Meredith Yeager {{!}} Hood College |url=https://www.hood.edu/academics/faculty/meredith-yeager |access-date=2023-04-23 |website=www.hood.edu}}</ref> She earned an M.S. at Hood College.<ref name=":0" /> She completed a Ph.D. at the Pennsylvania State University.<ref name=":0" /> Her 1998 dissertation was titled, ''Peptide binding function and MHC evolution''.<ref>{{Cite thesis |last=Yeager |first=Stella Meredith |title=Peptide binding function and MHC evolution |date=1998 |degree=Ph.D. |publisher=Pennsylvania State University |oclc=299231874}}</ref>

At its founding in 2001, Yeager was part of the scientific and operations management team of Core Genotyping Facility at the National Cancer Institute (NCI).<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2016-10-04 |title=Cancer Genomics Research Laboratory 15th Anniversary - NCI |url=https://dceg.cancer.gov/news-events/news/2016/cgr-15th |access-date=2023-04-23 |website=dceg.cancer.gov |language=en}}{{PD-notice}}</ref> The team included director Stephen Chanock, deputy director Robert A. Welch, and director of operations Amy A. Hutchinson.<ref name=":1" /> By 2015, Yeager was the scientific director of the NCI cancer genomics research laboratory.<ref name=":1" /> In 2018, she was part of the HPV genomics team awarded a NCI director award for innovative development of novel HPV assays.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-12-06 |title=NCI Director's Award Ceremony 2018, Many DCEG Staff Recognized - NCI |url=https://dceg.cancer.gov/news-events/news/2018/nci-directors-awards-2018 |access-date=2023-04-23 |website=dceg.cancer.gov |language=en}}{{PD-notice}}</ref>

In 2019, Yeager presented an overview of genetic and genomic laboratory tools and approaches as part of the NCI radiation epidemiology and dosimetry course.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Genetic and Genomics Laboratory Tools and Approaches - NCI |url=https://dceg.cancer.gov/fellowship-training/training-resources-for-fellows-and-staff/radiation-epidemiology-course/yeager-d4p5-video |access-date=2023-04-23 |website=dceg.cancer.gov |language=en}}{{PD-notice}}</ref> In 2020, Yeager, in the Cancer Genomics Research Laboratory at the National Cancer Institute, conducted a genetic study to determine how different African groups contributed to the genetic structure of Caribbean, as well as, North, Central, and South American populations.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-08-19 |title=DCEG Search Results - NCI |url=https://dceg.cancer.gov/dceg-search-results |access-date=2023-04-23 |website=dceg.cancer.gov |language=en}}{{PD-notice}}</ref>

Yeager is a member of the graduate faculty at Hood College. She is an assistant professor of biology and program director of biomedical science.<ref name=":0" />

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