Dana Yeo

Dana Yeo is a legal professional and business operations leader with a diverse background in healthcare, technology, and law. She currently serves as Associate Counsel at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Office of Legal Affairs.14 Prior to this role, Yeo was the Chief of Staff and Head of Business Operations at Meliora Therapeutics, a machine learning therapeutics company developing novel cancer drugs.24

Yeo received her J.D. from Berkeley Law in 2021 and her B.S. in Bioinformatics with a minor in Creative Writing from Stanford University in 2014.13 Before attending law school, she worked in project management roles at healthcare and life science startups in Silicon Valley.1

In addition to her professional accomplishments, Yeo founded a non-profit in 2021 that connects emerging experts with public defenders for pro bono technical consultations.1 Her multidisciplinary background in law, technology, and healthcare positions her well for her current role in legal affairs and her previous position in business operations at a cutting-edge therapeutics company.