Mark J Taylor

Dr. Mark J. Taylor is a lecturer in Jurisprudence and Human Rights and Human Genetics at the University of Sheffield. Appointed in 2002, he has an LLB from the University of Hull and an MA in Biotechnological Law and Ethics and a PhD from the University of Sheffield. He is a member of the Sheffield Institute for Biotechnological Law and Ethics (SIBLE) and the Patient Information Advisory Group (PIAG). PIAG is responsible for advising the Secretary of State for Health on use of powers provided by section 60 of the Health and Social Care Act 2001 and on other key issues, particularly those of national significance, relating to the processing of patient information.

Mark Taylor conducts research into the legal and ethical issues raised by scientific developments in genetic testing and screening technologies. He is particularly interested in how the law ought to regulate the acquisition and use of human genetic information. Since his PhD thesis first considered the appropriateness of regulating genetic discrimination within (prospective) contractual relationships (e.g. insurance and employment) through sui generis anti-discrimination legislation he has considered the (existing and potential) role of data protection law (both domestic and European) for the protection of individual and group genetic privacy.

He is currently joint Principal Investigator on an EC project called PRIVILEGED (Privacy, Law, Ethics and Genetic Data). PRIVILEGED is a project looking to determine the ethical and legal interests in privacy and data protection for research involving the use of genetic databases and biobanks. It is funded by the European Commission from 2007 to 2009, and has 32 member institutions from the European Union, European Economic Area and three non-European countries Israel, Japan and Taiwan. The Project is coordinated by Dr Mark Taylor and David Townend based at the Sheffield Institute of Biotechnological Law and Ethics, School of Law, University of Sheffield, with the help of partner institutions Biomedical Law Centre, University of Coimbra, Portugal and Department of Medical History and Ethics, Vilnius University, Lithuania. http://www.privilegedproject.eu/

Publications

*Taylor MJ (2007) 'Regulating personal data in a shared world: limitations of the EU’s approach to data protection' Personalised Medicine 4(4):471-477 [http://www.futuremedicine.com/doi/abs/10.2217/17410541.4.4.471]
*Beyleveld and Taylor (2007) ‘Data Protection, Genetics and Patents for Biotechnology’ European Journal of Health Law 14(2): 177-187
*Taylor MJ (2006) Data Protection, Shared (Genetic) Data and Genetic Discrimination Medical Law International 8(1):51-77
*Taylor MJ (2006) ‘Durant in the Court of Appeal: Identifying a Better Approach’ European Public Law Journal 12(3):461-486
*Taylor MJ (2006) ‘Data Protection: Too Personal to Protect?’ 3:1 SCRIPT-ed page @ http://www.law.ed.ac.uk/ahrb/script-ed/vol3-1/taylor.asp
*Semmens NC and Taylor MJ (2006) ‘Promoting inquiry-based learning, information literacy and collaborative inquiry within the curriculum: An innovative project for Sheffield School of Law’ UK Centre for Legal Education ‘Directions’ Issue 12, p.18
*Taylor MJ and Semmens NC (2005) ‘Creating a CETL for Law in Sheffield: Piloting the Craft’ The Law Teacher, 39/2, pp. 206-209.
* Taylor MJ (2004) ‘Problems of practice and principle if centring law reform on the concept of genetic discrimination’ European Journal of Health Law December. (Vol. 11, No. 4, pp365-380(16))
* Booth, Jenkins, Moxon, Semmens, Spencer, Taylor and Townend (2004) ‘What are Personal Data?’ (A study conducted for the Information Commissioner, available at http://www.ico.gov.uk/Home/Global/data_protection_research_archive.aspx)
* Taylor MJ (2004) ‘Problems with targeting law reform at genetic discrimination’ in Árnason, Nordal and Árnason (2004) Blood and Data: Ethical Legal and Social Aspects of Human Genetic Databases (Reykjavík: University of Iceland Press and Centre for Ethics)
* Taylor MJ (2003) ‘Genetic Discrimination: A Human Right or Wrong?’ [2002/2003] Contemporary Issues in Law 227
* Taylor MJ (2001) ‘Defenders of the Truth' (Book Review) New Genetics and Society (Vol. 20, No. 3, 2001)
* Taylor MJ (2000) 'Genetic Secrets: Privacy and Confidentiality in the Genetic Era' (Book Review) New Genetics and Society (Vol. 19, No. 3, 2000)

External links and references

* [http://www.getcited.org/mbrz/11116252 getCITED profile]
* [http://www.shef.ac.uk/law/staff/acstaff/taylorm.html University of Sheffield, School of Law profile of Taylor]