Jessica Yang
Science Authority at Canadian Food Inspection Agency
Old Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Top SchoolJessica Yang is a Science Authority at the Canadian Food Inspection Agency with nine years of cross-functional experience spanning genomics research, bioinformatics, and regulatory program delivery. Trained at the University of Toronto in genomics and skilled in molecular cloning, sequencing workflows, Perl and R analytics, she translates complex lab data into actionable policy and program decisions. Her background includes hands-on inspection and food processing roles, project management certification, and a stint as a financial advisor—evidence of strong analytical rigor and client-facing communication. Based in Old Toronto, she blends bench-to-policy expertise with database visualization and performance management to improve food safety systems. Notably, she pairs deep technical genomics skills with practical program coordination, enabling science-driven regulatory outcomes.
10 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Certificate, Project Management, Certificate, Project Management at MITACInterpreting gene lists from -omics studies - Gene manipulation and analysis, Interpreting gene lists from -omics studies - Gene manipulation and analysis at Canadian Bioinformatics WorkshopsCFIA trainingSemiahmooMaster of Science, Genomics: library preparation, sequencing, bioinformatics, Master of Science, Genomics: library preparation, sequencing, bioinformatics at University of TorontoManaging Projects: Effective project management and coordination, Managing Projects: Effective project management and coordination at MITACS
Chinese
Github Skills (64)
task-management10
cron10
scheduled-tasks10
programming-language10
snakemake10
slurm10
next-generation-sequencing10
job-scheduler10
machine-learning10
hpc10
pbs10
task-manager10
pipeline10
task-queue10
bioinformatics10
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
cihga39871/JobSchedulers.jl
Apr 2021 - Jan 2023
A Julia-based job scheduler and workload manager inspired by Slurm, PBS and Crontab.
Contributions:21 releases, 1 review, 92 commits in 1 year 9 months
job-schedulerjuliaslurmpipelinespipeline
cihga39871/Pipelines.jl
Mar 2021 - Jan 2023
A lightweight and powerful Julia package for computational pipelines and workflows.
Contributions:20 releases, 159 commits, 2 PRs in 1 year 10 months
juliacomputational-pipelinespipelinesworkflowbioinformatics
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