Mahougnon Marie Madeleine

Marie Madeleine Mahougnon is a genomics scientist from Benin and a SANTHE Computational Biology Fellow at the Institute for Genome Sciences, University of Maryland School of Medicine. She holds an MSc in Genomics and Precision Medicine from Chinhoyi University of Technology (funded by EDCTP) and a BSc in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Abomey-Calavi.

Her research focuses on cancer genomics, tumour heterogeneity, pharmacogenetics, and the role of the microbiome in cervical cancer. She has received advanced training at the University of Oxford, UK, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, and the University of Maryland, USA, with expertise in single-cell transcriptomics, microbiome analysis, and genome-wide association studies.

She is the author of several peer-reviewed publications. She is also an active Carpentries instructor and serves on committees of the International Papillomavirus Society and the International Cancer Screening Network. Her work is focused on advancing precision medicine and strengthening cancer research capacity in Africa through international collaboration.