Rebecca Pentz, PhD



Work Phone: 404 778 5694
Work Fax: 404 778 5520
rpentz@emory.edu


Current Titles and Affiliations
Professor of Hematology and Oncology in Research Ethics, Winship Cancer Institute 9/1/04
Ethicist, Clinical and Translational Research Committee, Winship Cancer Institute 5/2003
Ethicist, Monitoring Committee, Winship Cancer Institute 5/2003
Ethicist, Research Executive Council, Winship Cancer Institute 5/2003
Ethicist, Conflict of Interest Committee, Emory School of Medicine, 1/2003

Education
1979 - Doctorate of Philosophy in Philosophy, The University of California at Irvine, Nelson Pike, PhD
1974 - Master of Arts in Philosophy, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, George Kline, PhD
1970 - Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy, Pomona College, Claremont, California, Morton Beckner, PhD

Current Memberships/Organizations
2006-Present - Emory Ethics Center Task Force to develop a Masters in Bioethics Program
2006-Present - Emory Provost's Search Committee for the Director of the Ethics Center
2006 - Research of Research Integrity Review Panel
2006 - Centers for Disease Control MS and ALS Surveillance Task
2005-Present - Emory University Search Committee for a Director of the Ethics Center
2005-Present - The Oncologist. Co-editor of Medical Ethics Section.
2004-Present - American Society for Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Conflict of Interest Task Force
2004-Present - Emory Search Committee for Bioethics Professor and Director of the Ethics Center
2003-Present - Emory Medical School Conflict of Interest Committee
2002-Present - Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Institutional Review Board for Bioterrorism
2002-Present - Clinical and Translational Research Committee, Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University
2002-Present - Independent Data and Safety Monitoring Committee, “ A Pilot Toxicity/Methods Validation Study of Celecoxib in Genotype Positive Children with Familial Adenomatous Polyposis” The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
2001-Present - Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Institutional Review Board A
2001-Present - Children’s Oncology Group Data Monitoring and Safety Board
2001-Present - International Journal of Gynecological Cancer, Consulting Ethicist
1999-Present - Children’s Oncology Group Ethics Committee
1999-Present - Children’s Oncology Group Patient Advocacy Committee
1999-Present - Independent Data and Safety Monitoring Committee, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee.
1998-Present - Cancer Genetics Network – Ethics Working Group
1997-Present - Medical Ethics: Policies, Protocols, Guidelines, & Programs, Editorial Board, Aspen, Publishers, Inc., Gaithersburg MD.

Honors and Awards
The American Society for Bioethics and Humanities Distinguished Service Award 2001 for participation in the Task Force on the Status of the Field and work on the report North American Graduate Bioethics and Humanities Training Survey Report.


Full CV
Winship Profile