Todd G. Nick, PhD
Professor and Director of the Biostatistics Program, Department of Pediatrics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, College of Medicine
Professor of Biostatistics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, College of Public Health
Phone: (501) 364-6631

Dr. Nick is a Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), College of Medicine, and Professor of Biostatistics at the UAMS, College of Public Health. In 2009, he became the Director of the Biostatistics Program within the Department of Pediatrics, the Arkansas Children’s Hospital Research Institute, and Arkansas Children’s Hospital. Dr. Nick received his doctorate degree in Biometrics from the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in New Orleans. He will chair the Section on Statistical Consulting for the American Statistical Association for a one-year term beginning in January 2010. He serves on the editorial board of the journal Pharmacogenetics and Genomics and is a permanent member of the National Institutes of Health Nutrition, Obesity and Diabetes Epidemiology (KNOD) Study Section. Dr. Nick’s research interest primarily includes collaborative research and the program he directs provides ongoing biostatistical support to ACH’s clinical and research colleagues. His areas of research expertise include the statistical analysis of pharmacogenetics and genomics data and the development of valid clinical prediction models in predicting outcomes in traumatic brain injured patients.

Key Publications

Daniels ZS, Nick TG, Liu C, Cassedy A, Glauser TA. Obesity is a common comorbidity for pediatric patients with untreated, newly diagnosed epilepsy. Neurology. 2009 Sep 1;73(9):658-64.

Prows CA, Nick TG, Saldaña SN, Pathak S, Liu C, Zhang K, Daniels ZS, Vinks AA, Glauser TA. Drug-metabolizing enzyme genotypes and aggressive behavior treatment response in hospitalized pediatric psychiatric patients. J Child Adolesc Psychopharmacol. 2009 Aug;19(4):385-94.

Prows DR, Winterberg AV, Gibbons WJ Jr, Burzynski BB, Liu C, Nick TG. Reciprocal backcross mice confirm major loci linked to hyperoxic acute lung injury survival time. Physiol Genomics. 2009 Jul 9;38(2):158-68.

Prausa SE, Fukuda T, Maseck D, Curtsinger KL, Liu C, Zhang K, Nick TG, Sherbotie JR, Ellis EN, Goebel J, Vinks AA. UGT genotype may contribute to adverse events following medication with mycophenolate mofetil in pediatric kidney transplant recipients. Clin Pharmacol Ther. 2009 May;85(5):495-500.

Carey RG, Bucuvalas JC, Balistreri WF, Nick TG, Ryckman FR, Yazigi N. Hyponatremia increases mortality in pediatric patients listed for liver transplantation. Pediatr Transplant. 2009 Feb 20.

Varughese AM, Nick TG, Gunter J, Wang Y, Kurth CD. Factors predictive of poor behavioral compliance during inhaled induction in children. Anesth Analg. 2008 Aug;107(2):413-21.

Tabangin ME, Woo JG, Liu C, Nick TG, Martin LJ. Comparison of false-discovery rate for genome-wide and fine mapping regions. BMC Proc. 2007;1 Suppl 1:S148.

Nick TG, Campbell KM. Logistic regression. Methods Mol Biol.
2007;404:273-301. Review.

Research Support

Biostatistician: Enhancing Current Capacity for Surveillance of Autism Spectrum Disorders and Other Developmental Disabilities from a Public health Perspective, CDC

Biostatistics Core Director: TIRR Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Community Integration and Participation Traumatic Brain Injury, NIDRR, U.S. Department of Education

Biostatistician: Mentored Research Training Grant: Perioperative Child and Adult Behavioral Interactions and Outcomes, Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research