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
Characterizing the Neurobiological Mechanisms of Action of Exercise and Cognitive–Behavioral Interventions for Rheumatoid Arthritis Fatigue: a magnetic resonance imaging brain study
Arthritis & RheumatologyContributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/art.42755
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Disrupted Limbic-Prefrontal Effective Connectivity in Response to Fearful Faces in Lifetime Depression
Journal of Affective DisordersContributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.07.18.23292846
Preface: Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Forewords and Postscripts- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-48593-0
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The cerebellum plays more than one role in the dysregulation of appetite: Review of structural evidence from typical and eating disorder populations
Brain and Behavior, vol. 13, no. 2, e3286Contributions to Journals: Review articlesPhantom study investigating the repeatability of radiomic features with alteration of image acquisition parameters in magnetic resonance imaging
Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation SciencesContributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmir.2023.10.003
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
- 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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Neurobiologic Features of Fibromyalgia Are Also Present Among Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients
Arthritis & Rheumatology, vol. 70, no. 7, pp. 1000-1007Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/art.40451
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/12254/1/FMness_A_R_clean_revision.pdf
- [ONLINE] https://pure.abdn.ac.uk/portal/en/researchoutput/neurobiological-features-of-fibromyalgia-are-also-present-among-rheumatoid-arthritis-patients(b584da22-0266-4883-b27c-f0279d2aed50).html
Cortical complexity predicts IQ
SINAPSE Annual Scientific MeetingContributions to Conferences: AbstractsA multi-modal MRI study of the central response to inflammation in rheumatoid arthritis
Nature Communications, vol. 9, 2243Contributions to Journals: ArticlesCerebrovascular reactivity measurement in cerebral small vessel disease: Rationale and reproducibility of a protocol for MRI acquisition and image processing
International Journal of Stroke, vol. 13, no. 2, pp. 195-206Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/1747493017730740
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Neural indicators of fatigue in chronic diseases: A systematic review of MRI studies
Diagnostics, vol. 8, no. 3, 42Contributions to Journals: ArticlesIncreased neural response to social rejection in major depression
Depression and Anxiety, vol. 34, no. 11, pp. 1049-1056Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/da.22665
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/10633/1/Submitted_version.pdf
Neural changes related to motion processing in healthy aging
Neurobiology of Aging, vol. 57, pp. 162-169Contributions to Journals: ArticlesRelationship between IQ at different ages and functional brain connectivity in healthy elders
SINAPSE Annual Scientific Meeting 2017Contributions to Conferences: PostersA brain imaging repository of normal structural MRI across the life course: Brain Images of Normal Subjects (BRAINS)
Neuroimage, vol. 144, no. Part B, pp. 299–304Contributions to Journals: ArticlesNeural correlates of social exchanges during the Prisoner's Dilemma game in depression
Psychological Medicine, vol. 46, no. 6, pp. 1289-1300Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0033291715002834
Perceiving and expressing feelings through actions in relation to individual differences in empathic traits: the Action and Feelings Questionnaire (AFQ)
Cognitive, Affective & Behavioral Neuroscience, vol. 16, no. 2, pp. 248-260Contributions to Journals: ArticlesAbnormal brain responses to social fairness in depression: An fMRI study using the Ultimatum Game
Psychological Medicine, vol. 45, no. 6, pp. 1241-1251Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0033291714002347
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Age Related Changes in Cerebrovascular Reactivity and Its Relationship to Global Brain Structure
British Journal of Medicine & Medical Research, vol. 7, no. 10, pp. 809-820Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.9734/BJMMR/2015/16889
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/4763/1/Waiter7102015BJMMR16889.pdf
Regional brain response to visual cues in people with diabetes to foods with high hedonic value is different: results of a pilot study
Diabetes UK Professional Conference, pp. 42Contributions to Journals: Abstracts- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/dme.12668
An fMRI Compatible Touchscreen to Measure Hand Kinematics During a Complex Drawing Task
British Journal of Applied Science and Technology, vol. 9, no. 4, pp. 346-353Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.9734/BJAST/2015/17411
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/4719/1/Waiter942015BJAST17411.pdf
Neural correlates of fatigue in granulomatosis with polyangiitis: a functional magnetic resonance imaging study
Rheumatology, vol. 53, no. 11, pp. 2080-2087Contributions to Journals: ArticlesNonlinear complexity analysis of brain FMRI signals in schizophrenia
PloS ONE, vol. 9, no. 5, e95146Contributions to Journals: ArticlesThe shared neural basis of empathy and facial imitation accuracy
Neuroimage, vol. 84, pp. 367–375Contributions to Journals: ArticlesFatigue-related brain white matter changes in granulomatosis with polyangiitis
Rheumatology, vol. 52, no. 8, pp. 1429-1434Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/ket135
Do mirror neuron areas mediate mu rhythm suppression during imitation and action observation?
International Journal of Psychophysiology, vol. 89, no. 1, pp. 99-105Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2013.05.019
Salience network-midbrain dysconnectivity and blunted reward signals in schizophrenia
Psychiatry Research - Neuroimaging, vol. 211, no. 2, pp. 104-111Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pscychresns.2012.06.003
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Neural correlates of individual differences in manual imitation fidelity
Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience, vol. 6, 91Contributions to Journals: ArticlesAssessment of the apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) of normal breast tissue during the menstrual cycle at 3T using image segmentation
European Journal of Radiology, vol. 81, no. SUPPL1, pp. S1-S3Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0720-048X(12)70001-3
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Abnormal neural responses to social exclusion in schizophrenia
PloS ONE, vol. 7, no. 8, e42608Contributions to Journals: ArticlesChanges in the Sulcal Size Associated With Autism Spectrum Disorder Revealed by Sulcal Morphometry
Autism Research, vol. 5, no. 4, pp. 245-252Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/aur.1232