Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care; Australia

Mark Taylor, PhD is a Professor of Health Law and Regulation at Melbourne Law School and a Co-Director of both the University of Melbourne’s Collaborative for Better Health and Regulation and a research group on Health Law and Emerging Technologies (HeLEX). Mark’s own research seeks to develop trustworthy health data governance; able to reconcile individual and community (privacy) interests with a broader (public) interest in access, use and management of health data. Mark chaired the national Confidentiality Advisory Group in England and Wales for 5 years. He was policy advisor to the Health Research Authority in England and a member of the drafting group for the OECD Recommendation on Health Data Governance. He is currently seconded part-time to the Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care as interim Chair of the Data Governance Board for My Health Record system data.