Head of Regulatory Strategy
Flatiron Health
Lock Taylor, PhD, MPH is Head of Regulatory Strategy at Flatiron Health, where he leads a team of regulatory experts who advise clients on evidence generation and regulatory considerations to optimize regulatory success. An epidemiologist by background, Dr. Taylor has 18 years of experience in leading observational and low-interventional studies of medication safety and effectiveness. Lock spent 7 years at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, most recently as a Deputy Director in CDER’s Office of Surveillance and Epidemiology, where he led regulatory-focused research and was involved in RWE guidance development. Additionally, Lock held a position as an epidemiologist within the Office of the U.S. Army Surgeon General, where he led observational studies of medication safety and worked in adverse event signal detection supporting military pharmacovigilance efforts. Immediately prior to Flatiron, Lock spent 5 years at IQVIA leading pharmacoepidemiologic research studies, developing innovative and fit-for-purpose RWE solutions, and providing clients with regulatory strategy in pre- and post-approval settings across a diversity of medical products.
Thursday, March 5, 2026
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM East Coast USA Time