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Gordon Waiter is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Aberdeen, affiliated with the School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition and the Department of Radiology (now part of the Aberdeen Biomedical Imaging Centre). He holds positions as Director of the Aberdeen Biomedical Imaging Centre and Associate Director of the Aberdeen Centre for Health Data Science, alongside Honorary Clinical Scientist and MR Safety Expert at NHS Grampian. He is a member of the North of Scotland Research Ethics Committee.
- PhD in Medical Physics (University of Aberdeen, 1991–1996)
- BSc (Hons) in Physical Sciences (Robert Gordon University, 1989)
Dr. Waiter’s research spans brain plasticity, cognition, and age-related cognitive decline, with a focus on inflammation and immunosenescence in brain aging. His work integrates computational neuroimaging, biochemistry, and statistical modeling to investigate disorders like Alzheimer’s disease, Long COVID, and avoidant restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID).
Recent publications emphasize MRI method development (field-cycling, fMRI, FDG-PET), machine learning applications in neuroimaging, and cross-cohort studies on brain structure-function relationships. His 2025 articles explore topics such as brain recovery in Takotsubo Syndrome, cerebellar roles in appetite dysregulation, and neuroinflammatory links to fatigue in rheumatoid arthritis.
Scientific honors include:
- Fellow of the Institute of Physics (FInstP)
- Chartered Physicist (CPhys)
- Chartered Scientist (CSci)
- Fellow of the Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine (FIPEM)
- Aberdeen Lead for SINAPSE (Scottish Imaging Network: A Platform for Scientific Excellence)
Dr. Waiter co-ordinates the MSc Medical Imaging program and teaches fMRI theory, image analysis, and SPM (Statistical Parametric Mapping) at the University of Aberdeen. He leads research teams in the Aberdeen Biomedical Imaging Centre, focusing on neuroimaging protocol development and multisystem disorder analysis.
