Nichola is Professor of Appearance Research at UWE and Co-Director of the CAR, which she established in 1992. Following the completion of her PhD “Psychological Problems Associated with Facial Disfigurement” in 1983, Nichola has built an international reputation for her research in this field, has published widely and has attracted over £7m funding to support research on appearance. She is a past President of the Craniofacial Society of Great Britain & Ireland, a former Chair of the British Psychological Society’s Division of Health Psychology, and was the BPS Consultant to the UK Government’s Dept of Health from 2004-2010.