Jessica Yager, MD

Dr. Yager is a Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine and Medical Director of the STAR Program at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University. Dr. Yager graduated magna cum laude from Harvard University with a degree in American History and Literature, and received her MD from Yale University College of Medicine. She completed her internship and residency in Internal Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), and completed both her fellowship in infectious diseases and a Masters of Public Health in Epidemiology at the University of Washington in Seattle.

Dr. Yager joined the faculty of SUNY Downstate and the STAR Program in 2012. Dr. Yager's programmatic and research work has focused on incarceration and health; substance use and HIV; linkage to care for people with HIV; and social determinants of health.

Education

• Undergraduate: Harvard University

• Medical School: Yale University College of Medicine

• Internship: University of California San Francisco (UCSF)

• Residency: University of California San Francisco (UCSF)

• Fellowship: University of Washington

Research

• Access to care
• Linkage to care
• Social determinants of health
• Incarceration and health
• Substance use and HIV