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Dr Gordon Waiter

Dr Gordon Waiter
Dr Gordon Waiter
Dr Gordon Waiter

PhD, CPhys, FInstP, CSci, FIPEM

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Foresterhill
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School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition
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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

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

Aberdeen Lead for SINAPSE (www.sinapse.ac.uk)

Fellow of the Institute of Physics (FInstP)

Chartered Physicist (CPhys)

Fellow of the Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine (FIPEM)

Chartered Scientist (CSci)

Latest Publications

  • Characterizing the Neurobiological Mechanisms of Action of Exercise and Cognitive–Behavioral Interventions for Rheumatoid Arthritis Fatigue: a magnetic resonance imaging brain study

    Dehsarvi, A., Al-Wasity, S., Stefanov, K., Wiseman, S. J., Ralston, S., Wardlaw, J., Emsley, R., Bachmair, E., Cavanagh, J., Waiter, G., Basu, N.
    Arthritis & Rheumatology
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Disrupted Limbic-Prefrontal Effective Connectivity in Response to Fearful Faces in Lifetime Depression

    Stolicyn, A., Harris, M. A., Nooij, L. d., Shen, X., Macfarlane, J. A., Campbell, A., McNeil, C. J., Sandu, A., Murray, A. D., Waiter, G. D., Lawrie, S. M., Steele, D. J., McIntosh, A. M., Romaniuk, L., Whalley, H. C.
    Journal of Affective Disorders
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Preface: Lecture Notes in Computer Science

    Waiter, G., Lambrou, T., Leontidis, G., Oren, N., Morris, T., Gordon, S.
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Forewords and Postscripts

  • The cerebellum plays more than one role in the dysregulation of appetite: Review of structural evidence from typical and eating disorder populations

    Sader, M., Waiter, G. D., Williams, J. H. G.
    Brain and Behavior, vol. 13, no. 2, e3286
    Contributions to Journals: Review articles

  • Phantom study investigating the repeatability of radiomic features with alteration of image acquisition parameters in magnetic resonance imaging

    Mitchell-Hay, R., Ahearn, T., Murray, A., Waiter, G.
    Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Sciences
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

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Research

Research Overview

Dr. Gordon Waiter's main areas of interest are in brain plasticity and cognition with a focus on the mechanisms of age-related cognitive decline and in particular the role of inflammation, both chronic and acute, and immunosenescence in brain ageing.

The pathology that leads to dementia begins many decades before symptoms appear. It is hoped that an improved understanding of the age-related changes in brain health and cognition, and the impact of cardiometabolic and inflammation factors, will have an impact on public health through targets for intervention, earlier diagnosis, therapy monitoring and drug development. It will bring a new understanding of common neurodegenerative diseases at a personalised level, allowing individualised treatment and new ways to diagnose the brain diseases that lead to dementia.

Dr. Waiter has developed a multisystem approach based on a combination of novel and established computational neuroimaging, biochemistry, and statistical modelling methods and is applying them to disorders reporting common symptoms like cognitive decline, brain fog and Long COVID.

Teaching

Programmes

Courses

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).

Publications

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  • Neurobiologic Features of Fibromyalgia Are Also Present Among Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients

    Basu, N., Kaplan, C. M., Ichesco, E., Larkin, T., Harris, R. E., Murray, A., Waiter, G., Clauw, D. J.
    Arthritis & Rheumatology, vol. 70, no. 7, pp. 1000-1007
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Cortical complexity predicts IQ

    Sandu-Giuraniuc, A., Habota, T., Waiter, G. D., McNeil, C. J., Hannaford, E., Clark, H., McIntosh, A. M., Murray, A. D.
    SINAPSE Annual Scientific Meeting
    Contributions to Conferences: Abstracts

  • A multi-modal MRI study of the central response to inflammation in rheumatoid arthritis

    Schrepf, A., Kaplan, C. M., Ichesco, E., Larkin, T., Harte, S. E., Harris, R. E., Murray, A. D., Waiter, G. D., Clauw, D. J., Basu, N.
    Nature Communications, vol. 9, 2243
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Cerebrovascular reactivity measurement in cerebral small vessel disease: Rationale and reproducibility of a protocol for MRI acquisition and image processing

    Thrippleton, M. J., Shi, Y., Blair, G., Hamilton, I., Waiter, G., Schwarzbauer, C., Pernet, C., Andrews, P. J., Marshall, I., Doubal, F., Wardlaw, J. M.
    International Journal of Stroke, vol. 13, no. 2, pp. 195-206
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Neural indicators of fatigue in chronic diseases: A systematic review of MRI studies

    Goni, M., Basu, N., Murray, A. D., Waiter, G. D.
    Diagnostics, vol. 8, no. 3, 42
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Increased neural response to social rejection in major depression

    Kumar, P., Waiter, G. D., Dubois, M., Milders, M., Reid, I., Steele, J. D.
    Depression and Anxiety, vol. 34, no. 11, pp. 1049-1056
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Neural changes related to motion processing in healthy aging

    Biehl, S. C., Andersen, M., Waiter, G. D., Pilz, K. S.
    Neurobiology of Aging, vol. 57, pp. 162-169
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Relationship between IQ at different ages and functional brain connectivity in healthy elders

    Sandu-Giuraniuc, A., Waiter, G. D., Habota, T., McNeil, C. J., McIntosh, A. M., Murray, A. D.
    SINAPSE Annual Scientific Meeting 2017
    Contributions to Conferences: Posters

  • A brain imaging repository of normal structural MRI across the life course: Brain Images of Normal Subjects (BRAINS)

    Job, D. E., Dickie, D. A., Rodriguez, D., Robson, A., Pernet, C., Bastin, M. E., Boardman, J. P., Murray, A. D., Ahearn, T., Waiter, G. D., Staff, R. T., Deary, I. J., Shenkin, S. D., Wardlaw, J. M.
    Neuroimage, vol. 144, no. Part B, pp. 299–304
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Neural correlates of social exchanges during the Prisoner's Dilemma game in depression

    Gradin, V., Perez, A., MacFarlane, J., Cavin, I., Waiter, G. D., Tone, E., Dritschel, B., Maiche, A., Steele, J.
    Psychological Medicine, vol. 46, no. 6, pp. 1289-1300
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Perceiving and expressing feelings through actions in relation to individual differences in empathic traits: the Action and Feelings Questionnaire (AFQ)

    Williams, J. H. G., Cameron, I. M., Ross, E., Braadbaart, L., Waiter, G. D.
    Cognitive, Affective & Behavioral Neuroscience, vol. 16, no. 2, pp. 248-260
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Abnormal brain responses to social fairness in depression: An fMRI study using the Ultimatum Game

    Gradin, V. B., Pérez, A., MacFarlane, J. A., Cavin, I., Waiter, G., Engelmann, J., Dritschel, B., Pomi, A., Matthews, K., Steele, J. D.
    Psychological Medicine, vol. 45, no. 6, pp. 1241-1251
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Age Related Changes in Cerebrovascular Reactivity and Its Relationship to Global Brain Structure

    Waiter, G. D., Cameron, G. G., Ahearn, T. S., Schwarzbauer, C., Murray, A. D.
    British Journal of Medicine & Medical Research, vol. 7, no. 10, pp. 809-820
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Regional brain response to visual cues in people with diabetes to foods with high hedonic value is different: results of a pilot study

    Waiter, G., Johnstone, A., Stephen, S., McNeil, C., Murray, A., Murray, L., Philip, S.
    Diabetes UK Professional Conference, pp. 42
    Contributions to Journals: Abstracts

  • An fMRI Compatible Touchscreen to Measure Hand Kinematics During a Complex Drawing Task

    Braadbaart, L., Buchan, G., Williams, J. H. G., Waiter, G. D.
    British Journal of Applied Science and Technology, vol. 9, no. 4, pp. 346-353
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Neural correlates of fatigue in granulomatosis with polyangiitis: a functional magnetic resonance imaging study

    Basu, N., Murray, A. D., Jones, G. T., Reid, D. M., MacFarlane, G. J., Waiter, G. D.
    Rheumatology, vol. 53, no. 11, pp. 2080-2087
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Nonlinear complexity analysis of brain FMRI signals in schizophrenia

    Sokunbi, M. O., Gradin, V. B., Waiter, G. D., Cameron, G. G., Ahearn, T. S., Murray, A. D., Steele, D. J., Staff, R. T.
    PloS ONE, vol. 9, no. 5, e95146
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • The shared neural basis of empathy and facial imitation accuracy

    Braadbaart, L., de Grauw, H., Perrett, D. I., Waiter, G. D., Williams, J. H. G.
    Neuroimage, vol. 84, pp. 367–375
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Fatigue-related brain white matter changes in granulomatosis with polyangiitis

    Basu, N., Murray, A. D., Jones, G. T., Reid, D. M., Macfarlane, G. J., Waiter, G. D.
    Rheumatology, vol. 52, no. 8, pp. 1429-1434
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Do mirror neuron areas mediate mu rhythm suppression during imitation and action observation?

    Braadbaart, L., Williams, J. H. G., Waiter, G. D.
    International Journal of Psychophysiology, vol. 89, no. 1, pp. 99-105
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Salience network-midbrain dysconnectivity and blunted reward signals in schizophrenia

    Gradin, V. B., Waiter, G., O'Connor, A., Romaniuk, L., Stickle, C., Matthews, K., Hall, J., Douglas Steele, J.
    Psychiatry Research - Neuroimaging, vol. 211, no. 2, pp. 104-111
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Neural correlates of individual differences in manual imitation fidelity

    Braadbaart, L., Waiter, G. D., Williams, J. H. G.
    Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience, vol. 6, 91
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Assessment of the apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) of normal breast tissue during the menstrual cycle at 3T using image segmentation

    Al Rashidi, N., Waiter, G., Redpath, T., Gilbert, F. J.
    European Journal of Radiology, vol. 81, no. SUPPL1, pp. S1-S3
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Abnormal neural responses to social exclusion in schizophrenia

    Gradin, V. B., Waiter, G., Kumar, P., Stickle, C., Milders, M., Matthews, K., Reid, I., Hall, J., Steele, J. D.
    PloS ONE, vol. 7, no. 8, e42608
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Changes in the Sulcal Size Associated With Autism Spectrum Disorder Revealed by Sulcal Morphometry

    Shokouhi, M., Williams, J. H. G., Waiter, G. D., Condon, B.
    Autism Research, vol. 5, no. 4, pp. 245-252
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Brain structural complexity and life course cognitive change

    Mustafa, N., Ahearn, T. S., Waiter, G. D., Murray, A. D., Whalley, L. J., Staff, R. T.
    Neuroimage, vol. 61, no. 3, pp. 694-701
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Large-scale digital image data gathering framework for the TOMMY trial

    Cameron, G. G., Waiter, G. D., Gillan, M. G. C., Mungutroy, E. H. L., Tate, C., McInally, F., Iqbal, A., Murphy, J., Gilbert, F. J.
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference Proceedings

  • Inter-individual differences in fMRI entropy measurements in old age

    Sokunbi, M. O., Staff, R. T., Waiter, G. D., Ahearn, T. S., Fox, H. C., Deary, I. J., Starr, J. M., Whalley, L. J., Murray, A. D.
    IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, vol. 58, no. 11, pp. 3206-3214
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Mine and me: exploring the neural basis of object ownership

    Turk, D. J., Van Bussel, K., Waiter, G. D., Macrae, C. N.
    Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, vol. 23, no. 11, pp. 3657-3668
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Partial recovery from amnesia following bilateral surgical fornix transection is correlated with cortical plasticity

    Mazarakis, N. K., Summers, F., Murray, A. D., Waiter, G. D., Fouyas, I. P.
    British Journal of Neurosurgery, vol. 25, no. 5, pp. 658-661
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Puddles, Parties, and Professors: Linking Word Categorization to Neural Patterns of Visuospatial Coding

    Quadflieg, S., Etzel, J. A., Gazzola, V., Keysers, C., Schubert, T. W., Waiter, G. D., Macrae, C. N.
    Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, vol. 23, no. 10, pp. 2636-2649
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Stereotype-based modulation of person perception

    Quadflieg, S., Flannigan, N., Waiter, G. D., Rossion, B., Wig, G. S., Turk, D. J., Macrae, C. N.
    Neuroimage, vol. 57, no. 2, pp. 549-557
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Expected Value and Prediction Error Abnormalities in Depression and Schizophrenia

    Gradin, V. B., Anandh Kumar, P., Waiter, G. D., Ahearn, T. S., Stickle, C., Milders, A., Reid, I. C., Hall, J., Steele, J. D.
    Brain, vol. 134, no. 6, pp. 1751-1764
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Between- and within-scanner variability in the CaliBrain study n-back cognitive task

    Gradin, V., Gountouna, V., Waiter, G., Ahearn, T. S., Brennan, D., Condon, B., Marshall, I., McGonigle, D. J., Murray, A. D., Whalley, H., Cavanagh, J., Hadley, D., Lymer, K., McIntosh, A., Moorhead, T. W., Job, D., Wardlaw, J., Lawrie, S. M., Steele, J. D.
    Psychiatry Research, vol. 184, no. 2, pp. 86-95
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis Response to Mental Stress Predicts Chronic Widespread Pain Onset: Results from the SPICE Study

    Jones, G., Waiter, G. D., Beasley, M., Gkazinou, C., Macfarlane, G.
    Arthritis & Rheumatism, vol. 62, no. S10, pp. 649
    Contributions to Journals: Abstracts

  • The neural mechanisms of reciprocal communication

    Nagy, E., Liotti, M., Brown, S., Waiter, G. D., Bromiley, A., Trevethan, C. T., Bardos, G.
    Brain Research, vol. 1353, pp. 159-167
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Established donepezil treatment modulates regional brain activation in early Alzheimer's disease

    McGeown, W. J., Shanks, M. F., Forbes-McKay, K. E., Waiter, G. D., Elrick, I., Venneri, M. G., Venneri, A.
    Current Alzheimer Research, vol. 7, no. 5, pp. 415-427
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) reproducibility and variance components across visits and scanning sites with a finger tapping task

    Gountouna, V., Job, D. E., McIntosh, A. M., Moorhead, T. W. J., Lymer, G. K. L., Whalley, H. C., Hall, J., Waiter, G. D., Brennan, D., McGonigle, D. J., Ahearn, T. S., Cavanagh, J., Condon, B., Hadley, D. M., Marshall, I., Murray, A. D., Steele, D., Wardlaw, J. M., Lawrie, S. M.
    Neuroimage, vol. 49, no. 1, pp. 552-560
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • ESMRMB 2009 Congress, Antalya, Turkey, 1–3 October: Abstracts, Friday: Reproducibility of hippocampus and amygdala volume measures using the FSL tool FIRST: a multi centre perspective

    Cameron, G. G., Ahearn, T., Salarirad, S., Waiter, G. D., Staff, R. T., Lymer, K., Gountouna, V., Lawrie, S., Brennan, D., Moorhead, T., Condon, B., Steele, D., Wardlaw, J., Murray, A. D.
    Magnetic Resonance Materials in Physics, Biology and Medicine, vol. 22, no. 1, pp. 157-158
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Exploring the Neural Correlates of Social Stereotyping

    Quadflieg, S., Turk, D. J., Waiter, G. D., Mitchell, J. P., Jenkins, A. C., Macrae, C. N.
    Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, vol. 21, no. 8, pp. 1560-1570
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Approximate entropy fMRI differences associated with cognitive decline

    Roijals Miras, J., Staff, R., Waiter, G. D., Murray, A. D., Fox, H. C., Starr, J., Deary, I. J., Whalley, L.
    Neuroimage, vol. 47, no. Supplement 1, pp. S102
    Contributions to Journals: Abstracts

  • Prospective multi-centre Voxel Based Morphometry study employing scanner specific segmentations: procedure development using CaliBrain structural MRI data

    Moorhead, T. W. J., Gountouna, V., Job, D. E., McIntosh, A. M., Romaniuk, L., Lymer, G. K. S., Whalley, H. C., Waiter, G. D., Brennan, D., Ahearn, T. S., Cavanagh, J., Condon, B., Steele, J. D., Wardlaw, J. M., Lawrie, S. M.
    BMC Medical Imaging, vol. 9, 8
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Frontal operculum temporal difference signals and social motor response learning

    Kumar, P., Waiter, G., Ahearn, T., Milders, M., Reid, I., Steele, J. D.
    Human Brain Mapping, vol. 30, no. 5, pp. 1421-1430
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Abnormal temporal difference reward-learning signals in major depression

    Kumar, P., Waiter, G., Ahearn, T., Milders, M., Reid, I., Steele, J. D.
    Brain, vol. 131, no. 8, pp. 2084-2093
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Blood oxygen level-dependent (BOLD) MRI: a novel technique for the assessment of myocardial ischemia as identified by nuclear imaging SPECT

    Egred, M., Waiter, G. D., Redpath, T. W., Semple, S. I. K., Al-Mohammad, A., Walton, S.
    European Journal of Internal Medicine, vol. 18, no. 8, pp. 581-586
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Blood oxygen level-dependent (BOLD) magnetic resonance imaging in patients with dypiridamole induced ischaemia; a PET comparative study

    Egred, M., Waiter, G. D., Semple, S. I. K., Redpath, T. W., Al-Mohammad, A., Norton, M. Y., Metcalfe, M. J., Walton, S.
    International Journal of Cardiology, vol. 115, no. 1, pp. 36-41
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Blood oxygen level dependent (BOLD) MRI: A novel technique for the detection of myocardial ischemia

    Egred, M., Waiter, G. D., Al-Mohammad, A., Semple, S. I. K., Redpath, T. W., Walton, S.
    European Journal of Internal Medicine, vol. 17, no. 8, pp. 551-555
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Blood oxygen level-dependent (BOLD) magnetic resonance imaging in patients with dypiridamole induced ischemia; a PET comparative study

    Egred, M., Waiter, G. D., Semple, S. I. K., Redpath, T. W., Al-Mohammad, A., Norton, M., Metcalfe, M. J., Walton, S.
    European Heart Journal, vol. 27, no. Suppl., pp. 415-416
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Blood oxygen level-dependent magnetic resonance imaging in patients with dypiridamole induced ischemia

    Egred, M., Waiter, G. D., Redpath, T. W., Semple, S., Al-Mahammad, A., Norton, M., Metcalfe, M., Walton, S.
    Heart, vol. 92
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Neural mechanisms of imitation and ‘mirror neuron’ functioning in autistic spectrum disorder

    Williams, J. H. G., Waiter, G. D., Gilchrist, A., Perrett, D. I., Murray, A. D., Whiten, A.
    Neuropsychologia, vol. 44, no. 4, pp. 610-621
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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