Nicholas Bock

Nicholas Bock is an Associate Professor at McMaster University, affiliated with the Department of Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour. His research focuses on neuroimaging, particularly using MRI to study intracortical myelin abnormalities in psychiatric conditions like bipolar disorder and substance use disorders. He has extensively published on myelin biomarkers, brain metal homeostasis, and cortical mapping techniques.

• Education: PhD in Medical Biophysics (University of Toronto, 2000-2005), Honours Degree in Biophysics (University of Western Ontario, 1996-2000)
• Key Research Areas:
  • Intracortical myelin and mood disorders
  • Neuroimaging biomarkers for bipolar disorder
  • MRI-based quantification of brain structure
  • Metal homeostasis in neurological models

His recent work (2025-2022) explores myelin-depression severity links, neurofilament biomarkers in bipolar disorder, and longitudinal brain changes in therapy-resistant cancers. Teaching activities include advanced statistics, neuroimaging, and systems neuroscience courses.