Research
Rebecca Pentz, PhD, is a professor of hematology and oncology in research ethics at Emory University School of Medicine. During the early part of her career, she served as a clinical ethicist, helping patients, families and the health care team at the bedside to resolve ethical dilemmas, first in the community setting in Yakima, Washington and then as the sole clinical ethicist at The University of Texas M.D. Anderson for a decade. She joined Emory and Winship Cancer Institute as an associate professor in 2002. Dr. Pentz represents Emory on various national data safety monitoring boards and scientific advisory committees, including the Bone Marrow Transplant Clinical Trials Network, GTEx, ALS repository, St. Jude and the National Disease Research Interchange. She also provides mentorship to Winship ethics faculty and fellows.