Dr Tom Farrow
BSc (Hons), PhD
Neuroscience, School of Medicine and Population Health
Senior Lecturer in Neuroimaging
Honorary NHS Clinical Scientist
+44 114 271 3128
Full contact details
Neuroscience, School of Medicine and Population Health
Room N129, N-Floor
Royal Hallamshire Hospital
Glossop Road
91探花
S10 2JF
- Profile
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Following an undergraduate degree (1991-1995, BSc.[Hons.] Neuroscience; 2:i) and PhD (1995-1998, 鈥淪tructural MRI study on the aetiology and cognitive effects of hippocampal sclerosis鈥, supervised by Dr Richard Gr眉newald, and Professor Andrew Mayes) at the University of 91探花, I took up a post-doctoral position at the Neuroscience and Psychiatry Unit, University of Manchester.
In 1999, I returned to the University of 91探花 to help found and develop the 91探花 Cognition and Neuroimaging Laboratory (SCANLab) within Academic Clinical Psychiatry.
In 2001 I was lead author on the first fMRI study to be conducted in 91探花 and began a tenured lectureship position. In 2002 I was awarded a 12-month Royal Society Overseas Fellowship, which was hosted by the Brain Dynamics Centre, University of Sydney, Australia.
Returning to SCANLab in 2003, I continued to conduct structural- and functional MRI-based research and attract grant-funding, most notably as co-investigator on a multi-centre Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Large Grant (2008-2013; 鈥淓motion regulation of others and self (EROS): A collaborative research network鈥; 拢2.7M). I was promoted to Senior Lecturer in 2009.
In 2013 I moved to Academic Clinical Neurology (in the former Department of Neuroscience), to establish new collaborations and apply my research and methodological expertise to a range of new disorders and cognitive questions.
In 2016 I appointed as Associate Director of Student Affairs (previously known as Undergraduate Dean) for the MBChB course. In 2017, I was appointed as Director of first-year Medicine (MBChB, Phase 1) and in 2018 as Director of Undergraduate Learning and Teaching for the former Department of Neuroscience. In 2018 I was appointed as Senior University Teacher.
I continue to supervise MSc and PhD research students, but now devote most of my time to Medical education.
- Research interests
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My methodological research interests are structural (voxel-based morphometry [VBM]) and functional MR brain imaging, electrophysiological recording (skin conductance response [SCR]) and neuromodulation (transcranial direct current stimulation [tDCS]).
I have applied these methodologies in psychiatric (schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and posttraumatic stress disorder [PTSD]) and neurologic (Alzheimer鈥檚 Disease, tinnitus, epilepsy, non-epileptic attack disorder [NEAD]) patients and healthy subjects.
The aspects of cognition in which I am interested include empathy, theory of mind, social cognition, deception, emotional salience, emotion regulation and 鈥榬esting-state鈥.
Current projects
- Do personal beliefs impact on the ego-depletion effect (via PhD student, Ahmad Assinnari)
- Using EEG resting state parameters as biomarkers of cognitive decline in ageing
- Modulation of cognitive function via transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) and transcutaneous vagal nerve stimulation (tVNS)
- Publications
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Books
Journal articles
- . Brain Sciences, 8(7), 134-134.
- . Molecular Psychiatry, 22, 1455-1463.
- . Cogent Medicine, 3(1), 1-11.
- . PLOS ONE, 10(3), e0119500-e0119500.
- . Neuropsychologia, 67, 159-174.
- . Front Hum Neurosci, 8, 376.
- . Cognition and Emotion.
- . Physiological Measurement, 34(3), N9-N14.
- . Schizophrenia Research, 136, S90-S90.
- . Bipolar Disord, 14(2), 135-145.
- . Front Hum Neurosci, 6, 349.
- . Bipolar Disorders, 14(2), 135-145.
- Enhanced cortical effects of auditory stimulation and auditory attention in healthy individuals prone to auditory hallucinations during partial wakefulness. NeuroImage.
- . Neuroimage, 57(3), 1154-1161.
- . AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY, 124(4), 447-453.
- . NeuroImage, 57(4), 1552-1560.
- . American Journal of Psychology, 123(4), 447-453.
- . Neuroimage, 53(2), 611-618.
- . Int J Neurosci, 120(5), 335-343.
- . Dement Geriatr Cogn Disord, 29(2), 176-188.
- . Open Neuroimag J, 3, 48-53.
- . Psychiatry Res, 172(2), 109-116.
- . Br J Clin Psychol, 48(Pt 1), 31-45.
- . Psychiatry Research - Neuroimaging, 172(3), 175-179.
- . Neuroimage, 40(3), 1411-1418.
- . Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry, 32(2), 531-538.
- . J Psychiatr Res, 41(8), 645-651.
- . Neuroreport, 18(13), 1375-1378.
- . Psychiatry Res, 155(1), 11-19.
- . Neuroreport, 18(5), 435-439.
- . American Journal of Psychiatry, 7(164), 1082-1089.
- . NeuroReport, 5(18), 435-439.
- . Am J Psychiatry, 163(11), 1926-1933.
- . Br J Psychiatry, 189, 461-462.
- . Pediatr Neurol, 35(4), 257-260.
- Longitudinal changes in regional grey matter volume and corresponding EEG power in first-episode psychosis. AUST NZ J PSYCHIAT, 40, A122-A123.
- Volumetric white matter abnormalities in first-episode schizophrenia: a longitudinal MRI study. AUST NZ J PSYCHIAT, 40, A122-A122.
- . Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 103(1), 189-194.
- . NeuroImage, 32(2), 511-519.
- . Biol Psychiatry, 58(9), 713-723.
- . Br J Psychiatry, 187, 481-482.
- . Psychiatry Res, 140(1), 45-53.
- . Current Psychitatry Reviews, 3(1), 273-279.
- . Psychiatry Research - Neuroimaging, 139(3), 229-238.
- . Biol Psychiatry, 56(11), 832-836.
- . Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci, 359(1451), 1755-1762.
- . Psychol Med, 34(3), 391-400.
- . Perceptual and Motor Skills, 97(5), 451-451.
- . Neuroimage, 20(2), 1264-1269.
- . Percept Mot Skills, 97(2), 451-460.
- Brain volume as a marker for age of psychosis onset in schizophrenia. AUST J PSYCHOL, 55, 30-30.
- Regionally specific grey-matter volume reductions in first-episode schizophrenia and affective-disorder. AUST J PSYCHOL, 55, 17-17.
- . Brain, 126(Pt 1), 161-169.
- An MRI study of complicated early childhood convulsion. JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGY NEUROSURGERY AND PSYCHIATRY, 72(1), 138-138.
- . Neuroreport, 12(13), 2849-2853.
- . Neuroreport, 12(11), 2433-2438.
- Empathy and forgiveness judgement fMRI activations - preliminary findings in patients with PTSD symptoms and healthy volunteers.. NEUROIMAGE, 13(6), S396-S396.
- Functional anatomy and psychophysical validity of the perception of the spatial location of hallucination-like auditory stimuli: fMRI pilot study in normal subjects.. NEUROIMAGE, 13(6), S894-S894.
- . NeuroImage, 13(6), 477-477.
- The neuroimaging of "dysempathy" is relevant to understanding social cognition in schizophrenia. SCHIZOPHR RES, 49(1-2), 190-190.
- . Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, 71(5), 638-642.
- . Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 8.
Chapters
- Neuroimaging of empathy In Farrow TFD & Woodruff PWR (Ed.), Empathy in Mental Illness (pp. 201-216). Cambridge University Press
- , Empathy in Mental Illness (pp. 17-32). Cambridge University Press
- , EMPATHY IN MENTAL ILLNESS (pp. IX-XXII).
- A cognitive neurobiological account of deception: Evidence from functional neuroimaging In Goodenough OR & Zeki S (Ed.), Law and the Brain (pp. 169-184). Oxford University Press
- Neuroimaging of Forgivability In Worthington EL (Ed.), Handbook of Forgiveness (pp. 259-272). Routledge
- Lying as an executive function. In Halligan PW, Bass CM & Oakley DA (Ed.), Malingering and Illness Deception Oxford University Press
Conference proceedings papers
- . Journal of the Neurological Sciences, Vol. 381 (pp 319-319)
- . Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, Vol. 87(12) (pp e1.192-e1)
- . Alzheimer's & Dementia, Vol. 12 (pp P353-P354)
- GREY MATTER VOLUME CORRELATES OF ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING IN SCHIZOPHRENIA. SCHIZOPHRENIA BULLETIN, Vol. 35 (pp 219-219)
- NEURAL BASIS OF HUMOUR APPRECIATION AND UNDERSTANDING OTHERS' INTENTIONS IN SCHIZOPHRENIA: AN FMRI STUDY. SCHIZOPHRENIA BULLETIN, Vol. 35 (pp 167-167)
- AUDITORY CORTICAL VOLUME AND LOUDNESS OF AUDITORY HALLUCINATIONS IN SCHIZOPHRENIA. SCHIZOPHRENIA BULLETIN, Vol. 35 (pp 216-216)
- The use of fMRI techniques to investigate the perception of tranquillity. 38th International Congress and Exposition on Noise Control Engineering 2009, INTER-NOISE 2009, Vol. 1 (pp 699-706)
- A neuroanatomical basis for the frequency of discrete spontaneous activities in people with schizophrenia. SCHIZOPHRENIA BULLETIN, Vol. 33(2) (pp 355-356)
- Impaired activities of daily living in schizophrenia: Correlation with reduced cortical grey matter volume. SCHIZOPHRENIA BULLETIN, Vol. 33(2) (pp 341-341)
- Structural MRI evidence of differences between first episode bipolar disorder and first episode schizophrenia. BIPOLAR DISORDERS, Vol. 8 (pp 18-18)
- The functional anatomy of vocal lying. BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY, Vol. 55 (pp 60S-60S)
- Treatment induced brain changes during forgiveness tasks in patients with schizophrenia. SCHIZOPHRENIA RESEARCH, Vol. 67(1) (pp 109-109)
- Treatment associated brain changes during empathy tasks in patients with schizophrenia. SCHIZOPHRENIA RESEARCH, Vol. 67(1) (pp 108-109)
- . Schizophrenia Research, Vol. 60(1) (pp 233-234)
- . Schizophrenia Research, Vol. 60(1) (pp 230-231)
- . Schizophrenia Research, Vol. 60(1) (pp 218-218)
- . Schizophrenia Research, Vol. 60(1) (pp 211-211)
- . Schizophrenia Research, Vol. 60(1) (pp 226-227)
- Neural representation of voices "outside the head". J NEUROL NEUROSUR PS, Vol. 72(6) (pp 824-824)
- A laterality effect in the perception of simulated auditory verbal hallucinations in external space. SCHIZOPHRENIA RESEARCH, Vol. 53(3) (pp 91-91)
- The neural representation of hallucination-like speech in external auditory space. SCHIZOPHR RES, Vol. 53(3) (pp 22-23)
- A laterality effect in brain response to simulated auditory verbal hallucinations in external space. SCHIZOPHR RES, Vol. 53(3) (pp 91-91)
- Teaching activities
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- Director of Studies, MBChB Phase 1
- Head of Neuroscience, MBChB Phase 1
- MBChB, Associate Director of Student Affairs
- Department of Neuroscience, Director of Undergraduate Learning and Teaching
- Module lead for 鈥楴euroimaging, Neurophysiology & Neuropsychiatry鈥 (MED624)
- Module lead for 鈥楴euroanatomy鈥 (practical human brain dissection) courses, MBChB Phase 1 and various Masters courses (MED661)
- ILA facilitator, MBChB Phase 1
- Lecturer, MRCPsych course
- Have supervised 7 PhD, 9 BMedSci, 17 MSc,1 DClinPsy and numerous undergraduate medical student research projects.
- Professional activities and memberships
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- Member, Department of Neuroscience, Executive Committee
- Honorary NHS Clinical Scientist, 91探花 Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Editorial board member, The Open Neuroimaging Journal, Bentham Science, USA.
- Member, Association for Psychological Science (APA)
- Member, Organization for Human Brain Mapping (OHBM)
- Member, Association for Medical Education in Europe (AMEE)