Dr Gordon Waiter
PhD, CPhys, FInstP, CSci, MIPEM
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Biography
Dr. Waiter graduated from the Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, in 1989 with a BSc (Hons) in Physical Sciences majoring in Physics. He then moved to Dundee University, Department of Medical Physics as Research Assistant, to develop MR imaging test objects. He returned to Aberdeen in 1991, this time to the University of Aberdeen to undertake a PhD in Medical Physics, under the supervision of Dr. M. Foster
He joined the staff of Aberdeen University in 1996 as a research fellow working in collaboration with the university Department of BioMedical Physics and NHS Department of Cardiology to develop image analysis methods for the detection of hibernating myocardium.
In 2001 Dr Waiter joined the School of Psychology to help initiate functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) on a new 1.5T research dedicated scanner at the University of Aberdeen.
In 2004 he joined the Department of Radiology (now part of the Aberdeen Biomedical Imaging Centre) to continue the development of functional magnetic resonance imaging in Aberdeen. His work has included paradigm design, data analysis, data acquisition, quality control and image analysis.
Dr Waiter was appointed Reader in 2021.
Memberships and Affiliations
- Internal Memberships
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Director, Aberdeen Biomedical Imaging Centre
Associate Director, Aberdeen Centre for Health Data Science
Honorary Clinical Scientist and MR Safety Expert, NHS Grampian
Member, North of Scotland Research Ethics Committee 2
- External Memberships
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Aberdeen Lead for SINAPSE (www.sinapse.ac.uk)
Fellow of the Institute of Physics (FInstP)
Chartered Physicist (CPhys)
Member of the Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine (MIPEM)
Chartered Scientist (CSci)
Latest Publications
A Meta-Analytic Investigation of Grey Matter Differences in Anorexia Nervosa and Autism Spectrum Disorder
European Eating Disorders Review, vol. 30, no. 5, pp. 560-579Contributions to Journals: ArticlesAge-associated sex and asymmetry differentiation in hemispheric and lobar cortical ribbon complexity across adulthood: A UK BioBank Imaging Study
Human Brain MappingContributions to Journals: ArticlesBlunted neuroeconomic loss aversion in schizophrenia
Brain Research, vol. 1789, 147957Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brainres.2022.147957
Sexual dimorphism in the relationship between brain complexity, volume and general intelligence (g): a cross-cohort study
Scientific Reports, vol. 12, 11025Contributions to Journals: ArticlesBrain predictors of fatigue in rheumatoid arthritis: A machine learning study
PloS ONE, vol. 17, no. 6, e0269952Contributions to Journals: Articles
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Research Overview
Dr Waiter's main areas of interest are in the developing and aging brain particularly autism and Alzheimer’s disease. However, he has also participated in a number of other studies including face processing, cognitive neuroscience, self processing, psychology, depression and others.
He is one of a number of local experts on the analysis of functional MRI data and part of a larger Brain Imaging Group that includes a wide range of specialties including physicists, radiologists, psychologists, psychiatrists etc.
- Teaching
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Programmes
- Postgraduate, 3 stage, September start
- Postgraduate, 3 stage, January start
Teaching Responsibilities
Dr Waiter is Programme Co-ordinator for the MSc in Medical Imaging
Dr Waiter is the course co-ordinator for the Magnetic Resonance Imaging deeper study (BP5503) of the BioMedical Physics/Medical Imaging MSc, where he teaches fMRI theory and image analysis techniques as well as cardaic MR imaging. He also teaches Statistical Paramagnetic Mapping (SPM) on the Medical Image Processing and Analysis deeper study (BP5505).
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A Meta-Analytic Investigation of Grey Matter Differences in Anorexia Nervosa and Autism Spectrum Disorder
European Eating Disorders Review, vol. 30, no. 5, pp. 560-579Contributions to Journals: ArticlesAge-associated sex and asymmetry differentiation in hemispheric and lobar cortical ribbon complexity across adulthood: A UK BioBank Imaging Study
Human Brain MappingContributions to Journals: ArticlesBlunted neuroeconomic loss aversion in schizophrenia
Brain Research, vol. 1789, 147957Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brainres.2022.147957
Sexual dimorphism in the relationship between brain complexity, volume and general intelligence (g): a cross-cohort study
Scientific Reports, vol. 12, 11025Contributions to Journals: ArticlesBrain predictors of fatigue in rheumatoid arthritis: A machine learning study
PloS ONE, vol. 17, no. 6, e0269952Contributions to Journals: ArticlesInvestigation of the inter- and intra-scanner reproducibility and repeatability of radiomics features in T1-weighted brain MRI
Journal of Magnetic Resonance ImagingContributions to Journals: ArticlesAmygdala and subregion volume are associated with photoperiod and seasonal depressive symptoms: A cross sectional study in the UK Biobank cohort
European Journal of Neuroscience, vol. 55, no. 5, pp. 1388-1404Contributions to Journals: ArticlesEpigenome-wide association study of global cortical volumes in Generation Scotland: Scottish Family Health Study
EpigeneticsContributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/15592294.2021.1997404
Hair glucocorticoids are associated with childhood adversity, depressive symptoms and reduced global and lobar grey matter in Generation Scotland
Translational Psychiatry, vol. 11, no. 1, 523Contributions to Journals: ArticlesSpectral Clustering Based on Structural Magnetic Resonance Imaging and its Relationship with Major Depressive Disorder and Cognitive Ability
European Journal of Neuroscience, vol. 54, no. 6, pp. 6281-6303Contributions to Journals: Articles
