Thomas Nichols

Professor Nichols is a statistician with a solitary focus on modelling and inference methods for brain imaging research. He has a unique background, with both industrial and academic experience, and diverse training including computer science, cognitive neuroscience and statistics.

After serving on the faculty of the University of Michigan's Department of Biostatistics he became the Director Modelling and Genetics at GlaxoSmithKline's Clinical Imaging Centre, London. He returned to academia in 2009 moving to the University of Warwick, taking a joint position between the Department of Statistics and the Warwick Manufacturing Group. He joined the BDI in 2017.

The focus of Professor Nichols's work is developing advanced statistical and machine learning (AI) methods for brain image data. He has worked with a variety of types of data, including Positron Emission Tomography and Magneto- and Electroencephalography, though most of his methods are motivated by Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and functional MRI (fMRI) in particular.

He has extensive experience in modelling large, complex data, particularly known for his contributions to multiple testing inference for brain imaging. He has developed methods for clinical trials with imaging, as well as methods for integrating genetic and imaging data. His current research involves meta-analysis of neuroimaging studies and informatics tools to make data sharing easy and pervasive

For a full list of publications please see Professor Nichols's CV, Google Scholar page, NCBI Bibliography or ORCID profile. His research pages have publications in topical groups, or meet his team who do most of the work. His Neuroimaging Tips & Tricks blog has practical tips for neuroimaging researchers, and less practical stuff can be found on Bluesky or X.