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Marc Taylor
Marc Taylor has chaired the ISRCTN registry since 2011. He is Vice-Chair of the UK Research Integrity Office and a member of an expert committee advising the Health Research Authority on confidentiality. Until 2011 he worked in the then Department of Health for 20 years, the last 10 of them on creating the structures which now support research in health and social care. Before 1991 he was in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, working mainly on the overseas aid programme. Marc is married with four adult sons and five grandchildren.
Latest posts by Marc Taylor (see all)
  • Making clinical trials public for 20 years - 15th July 2020
  • Steps towards transparency in reporting clinical trials - 6th August 2015

Making clinical trials public for 20 years

15/07/2020

On Medicine

This year the ISRCTN registry – the UK’s primary clinical trials registry – is 20 years old. For ISRCTN20, Marc Taylor, chair of the not-for-profit owner… Read more »

Steps towards transparency in reporting clinical trials

Steps towards reporting clinical trials more transparently

06/08/2015

On Medicine

Transparency in research has been hotly debated for many years and public registries such as ISRCTN have been playing an increasing role in reporting clinical… Read more »

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