PhD, CPhys, FInstP, CSci, FIPEM
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- About
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- Email Address
- g.waiter@abdn.ac.uk
- Telephone Number
- +44 (0)1224 438356
- Office Address
- School/Department
- School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition
Personal Assistant- Personal Assistant
- Mrs Dawn Younie
- Personal Assistant Email Address
- d.younie@abdn.ac.uk
- Personal Assistant Telephone Number
- +44 (0)1224 438365
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)
Fellow of the Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine (FIPEM)
Chartered Scientist (CSci)
Latest Publications
Ethical Complexities and Concerns Surrounding Magnetic Resonance Imaging and the Open-Access Scientific Framework in Autism Research
Autism in AdulthoodContributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/aut.2024.0184
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1089/aut.2024.0184
The Influence of Birth Weight, Socio-Economic Status, and Adult Health on Brain Volumes during Ageing
NeuroepidemiologyContributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1159/000541918
Eating Disorder and Autism Collaborative project outline:: Promoting eating disorder research embedded in a neurodiversity-affirming culture
BJPsych bulletin, pp. 1-6Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1192/bjb.2024.61
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
Associations between sex, systemic iron and inflammatory status and subcortical brain iron
European Journal of NeuroscienceContributions to Journals: ArticlesDisrupted Limbic-Prefrontal Effective Connectivity in Response to Fearful Faces in Lifetime Depression
Journal of Affective Disorders, vol. 351, pp. 983-993Contributions to Journals: Articles
- Research
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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
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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).
- Publications
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Ethical Complexities and Concerns Surrounding Magnetic Resonance Imaging and the Open-Access Scientific Framework in Autism Research
Autism in AdulthoodContributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/aut.2024.0184
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1089/aut.2024.0184
The Influence of Birth Weight, Socio-Economic Status, and Adult Health on Brain Volumes during Ageing
NeuroepidemiologyContributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1159/000541918
Eating Disorder and Autism Collaborative project outline:: Promoting eating disorder research embedded in a neurodiversity-affirming culture
BJPsych bulletin, pp. 1-6Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1192/bjb.2024.61
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
Associations between sex, systemic iron and inflammatory status and subcortical brain iron
European Journal of NeuroscienceContributions to Journals: ArticlesDisrupted Limbic-Prefrontal Effective Connectivity in Response to Fearful Faces in Lifetime Depression
Journal of Affective Disorders, vol. 351, pp. 983-993Contributions to Journals: ArticlesCharacterizing the Neurobiological Mechanisms of Action of Exercise and Cognitive–Behavioral Interventions for Rheumatoid Arthritis Fatigue: a magnetic resonance imaging brain study
Arthritis & Rheumatology, vol. 76, no. 4, pp. 522-530Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/art.42755
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/23640/2/Dehsarvi_etal_AR_Characterising_The_Neurobiological_AAM.pdf
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/23640/1/Dehsarvi_etal_AR_Characterizing_the_Neurobiological_VOR.pdf
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
General and specific patterns of cortical gene expression as spatial correlates of complex cognitive functioning
Human Brain Mapping, vol. 45, no. 4, e26641Contributions to Journals: ArticlesPhantom study investigating the repeatability of radiomic features with alteration of image acquisition parameters in magnetic resonance imaging
Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Sciences, vol. 55, no. 1, pp. 19-28Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmir.2023.10.003
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
Spectral peak areas do not vary according to spectral averaging scheme used in functional MRS experiments at 3 T with interleaved visual stimulation
Physical Sciences Reviews, vol. 9, no. 3, pp. 1287-1302Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/psr-2022-0301
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
Eating Disorder and Autism Collaborative (EDAC) Project Outline:: Promoting eating disorder research embedded in a neurodiversity-affirming culture.
Working Papers: Preprint Papers- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.31219/osf.io/yfpjn