Marianne K. Henderson
Marianne K. Henderson | |
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 Henderson in 2015 | |
| Born | Marianne Martha Krall September 1, 1962 Bethesda, Maryland, U.S. |
| Alma mater | University of Maryland, College Park |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Biobanks, biorepositories |
| Institutions | National Cancer Institute |
| Academic advisors | Eugenie Clark |
Marianne Krall Henderson (born September 1, 1962) is an American biomedical scientist specialized in biobanks and biorepositories. She is a senior advisor on biospecimen resources at the National Cancer Institute. Henderson was president of the International Society for Biological and Environmental Repositories from 2011 to 2012.
Life
[edit]Marianne Martha Krall was born September 1, 1962, in Bethesda, Maryland, to Bettijane and Albert Krall.[1] She graduated from Richard Montgomery High School in 1980.[1] Henderson Completed a B.S. (1984) in zoology and a M.S. (1988) in zoology and marine biology from the University of Maryland, College Park.[1] She studied fish communities in the Red Sea.[2] She completed a M.S. in Zoology and Marine Biology in 1988.[2][1] Henderson's master's thesis was titled Vertical Resource Partitioning and Sexuality of Three Sympatric Species of Red Sea Sandfishes (Xyrichtys melanopus, labridae: Trichonotus nikii, triconotidae; and Gorgasia sp., congridae).[1] Her major advisor was Eugenie Clark.[1] She was a teaching assistant at the University of Maryland from 1984 to 1987.[1]
From 1999 to 2015, Henderson served as chief of the National Cancer Institute (NCI) division of cancer epidemiology and genetics' (DCEG) office of division operations and analysis.[2] As of 2022, she is the senior advisor for NCI division resources for the DCEG. Henderson is also a senior advisor on biobanking to the NCI center for global health.[2] Henderson is responsible and involved in project operations and contract management, fiscal and scientific reporting; strategic planning; technology transfer; and laboratory/biorepository infrastructure planning for largescale molecular epidemiology studies.[2] She is a founding member of the NCI biospecimen coordinating committee and participated in the development and revision of the first and second editions of NCI’s best practices for biospecimen resources.[2] Since 1999, Henderson has been a member of the International Society for Biological and Environmental Repositories (ISBER) and served as ISBER president from 2011 to 2012.[2] Henderson is involved in human biospecimen management process improvements in processing, handling, technology transfer, and repository automation.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g Krall, Marianne Martha (1988). Vertical Resource Partitioning and Sexuality of Three Sympatric Species of Red Sea Sandfishes (Xyrichtys melanopus, labridae: Trichonotus nikii, triconotidae; and Gorgasia sp., congridae) (M.S. thesis). University of Maryland, College Park. OCLC 18294789.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Marianne K. Henderson, M.S., biographical sketch and research interests - NCI". dceg.cancer.gov. 1980-01-01. Retrieved 2022-10-10.
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- Living people
- 1962 births
- People from Bethesda, Maryland
- University of Maryland, College Park alumni
- National Institutes of Health people
- American women biologists
- 21st-century American zoologists
- 21st-century American women scientists
- Presidents of the International Society for Biological and Environmental Repositories