With over 17 years of experience in health policy and development, Dr. Nichols provides a unique perspective to health care reform. He frequently testifies before Congress and provides technical expertise to governors, state legislators and other policy officials. Dr, Nichols provides expertise for articles appearing in the New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, National Journal, Wall Street Journal, Time and Newsweek magazines. Dr. Nichols has also appeared on radio and TV shows such as National Public Radio, Lerher News Hour, British Broadcasting Service, NBC Nightly News, ABC News Tonight, and CBS Evening News.

In his current role at George Mason, Dr. Nichols bridges the world of health economics and health services research for not only government officials, but also for clinical leaders and journalists. Previously, Dr. Nichols was the Director of the Health Policy Program at the New America Foundation, a non-profit, non-partisan policy research institute based in Washington, D.C.