Rate My Professor Mark Taylor

Professor Mark Taylor is Professor in Health Law and Regulation at Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne. He holds an LLB (Hons) (1994), MA (1999), and PhD (2003), all from the University of Sheffield, where he was previously a Senior Lecturer before moving to Melbourne Law School. As Director of the Collaborative for Better Health and Regulation and HeLEX@Melbourne, he leads initiatives that advance ethical and regulatory frameworks for health research and emerging technologies. Taylor teaches Commercial Data Law (LAWS90213) in the Melbourne JD program, contributing to the education of future legal professionals in data governance.

His research focuses on the regulation of personal information, particularly health information and genetic data, privacy law, data protection, and trustworthy governance of health data for secondary research purposes. Taylor develops concepts of public interest that balance individual and community privacy with the needs of learning health systems. Key publications include the books Genetic Data and the Law (Cambridge University Press, 2012) and Technology, Innovation and Health Care (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2022). He has substantial policy impact, currently serving as Interim Chair of the Data Governance Board for My Health Record (Australian Government, Department of Health and Aged Care). Previously, he was Chair of the Confidentiality Advisory Group (England and Wales), policy advisor to the Health Research Authority and the National Data Guardian for Health and Social Care (England), member of the UK Medical Research Council’s Ethics, Regulation and Public Involvement Committee, member of Genomics England’s ethics advisory committee, and legal consultant for the OECD Recommendation on Health Data Governance. These roles underscore his influence on national and international health data policy.