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]
