Rebecca Gardner, MD

St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital – Associate Member

Dr. Gardner is a pediatric oncologist who spent the past two decades focusing on T cell-based therapeutics for pediatric malignancies with expertise in the academic medical center in bringing products from the bench to the bedside, with a strong interest in reverse translation. While in Seattle, she oversaw the clinical development group responsible for 15 active CAR T cells for pediatric malignancies with indications across both liquid and solid tumors and the treatment of over 500 patients. Most recently she joined St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital as an Associate Member.
Dr. Gardner received her medical degree from the University of Maryland. She went on to complete her pediatric residency at the University of Utah and her fellowship in Pediatric Hematology/Oncology at the University of Washington and the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.