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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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Email Address
g.waiter@abdn.ac.uk
Telephone Number
+44 (0)1224 438356
Office Address
F10 Lilian Sutton Building
Foresterhill Campus
Foresterhill
AB25 2ZD

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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 51cg 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 51cg.

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 ()

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

    Sader, M., Maloney, E., Waiter, G., Kerr-Gaffney, J., Tchanturia, K., Gillespie-Smith, K., Duffy, F.
    Autism in Adulthood, vol. 8, no. 4, pp. 554-562
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • Machine learning identifies routine blood tests as accurate predictive measures of pollution-dependent poor cognitive function

    Johnson, H., Longden, J., Cameron, G., Waiter, G. D., Waldron, F. M., Gregory, J. M., Spence, H.
    Scientific Reports
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • Brain Perivascular Space Morphometry Reflects Shared Familial Microvascular Architecture and Neuropsychiatric Influences

    Morozova, A., Valdés Hernández, M. d. C., Duarte Coello, R., Whalley, H., McIntosh, A., Sandu Giuraniuc, A., Waiter, G. D., McNeil, C. J., Steele, J. D., Macfarlane, J. A., Murray, A., Wardlaw, J. M.
    Stroke
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • Assessing Cognitive Deterioration After COVID-19 Infection (The ACDC Study): An Exploratory Multimodal Neuroimaging Study

    McLaughlin, J., Waiter, G.
    Journal of Clinical Medicine, vol. 15, no. 11, 4241
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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  • Conducting ethical, co-produced research with autistic individuals with an eating disorder: best practice guidelines

    Nimbley, E., Maloney, E., Gillespie-Smith, K., Sharpe, H., Buchan, K., Kettley, S., Bragg, J., Shepherd, A., Choat, B., Long, J., Whateley, I., Booth, O., Baker, J. A., Renton, N., Nuttal, E., Darley, H., Fidgin, L., Campbell, L., Suratwala, T., Temple, C., MacDonald, K., Carden, S., Lazich, B., Kerr-Gaffney, J., Sader, M., Waiter, G., Tchanturia, K., Duffy, F., The Eating Disorder and Autism Collaborative Network (EDAC)
    Eating Disorders, vol. 34, no. 1, pp. 90-100
    Contributions to Journals: Comments and Debates
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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
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • 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
    • [OPEN ACCESS]

  • 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
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • 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
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