Rod Taylor is Professor of Health Services Research based in the University of Exeter Medical School, University of Exeter, UK, and a member of the International Scientific Collaboration (ISC) at EXCITE International.
Rod Taylor is currently Academic lead for the Exeter Clinical Trials Support Network and coordinates the Exeter Cardiovascular Research Network and the Cochrane cardiac rehabilitation review portfolio.
Rod has been working in health service research and health technology assessment for over 20 years and has published more than 200 research articles.
His former academic appointments include the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and the Universities of Birmingham and Glasgow and he was first Director of Technology Appraisals at the National Institute for Health and Social Excellence (NICE) in London from 1999 to 2000.
He a committee member on the NICE’s Technology Appraisal committee for 5 years and is currently a member of the NICE Interventional Procedures Advisory (IPAC) committee and a number of NIHR funding panels, including commissioned HTA Research, Health Service & Development Research (HS&DR) and South West RfPB.
Professor of Health Services, University of Exeter Medical School