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Date:__10/10/2023___________________________________________________________________________________
Your Name:_______AMIR DEHSARVI_____________________________________________________________________
Manuscript Title: Characterising the neurobiological mechanisms of action of exercise and cognitive behavioural
interventions for rheumatoid arthritis fatigue: an MRI brain study.
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Date:__13/10/2023___________________________________________________________________________________
Your Name:___________Salim Al-Wasity__________________________________________________________________
Manuscript Title: Characterising the neurobiological mechanisms of action of exercise and cognitive behavioural
interventions for rheumatoid arthritis fatigue: an MRI brain study.
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Date:__10/10/2023___________________________________________________________________________________
Your Name: Kristian Stefanov ___________________________________________________________________________
Manuscript Title: Characterising the neurobiological mechanisms of action of exercise and cognitive behavioural
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Date:__13/10/2023___________________________________________________________________________________
Your Name:_________Stewart Wiseman__________________________________________________________________
Manuscript Title: Characterising the neurobiological mechanisms of action of exercise and cognitive behavioural
interventions for rheumatoid arthritis fatigue: an MRI brain study.
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Date:__10/10/2023___________________________________________________________________________________
Your Name:___Stuart H Ralston________________________________________________________________________
Manuscript Title: Characterising the neurobiological mechanisms of action of exercise and cognitive behavioural
interventions for rheumatoid arthritis fatigue: an MRI brain study.
Manuscript number (if known):__ ar-23-1080.R1___________________________________________________________

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Date:__10/10/2023___________________________________________________________________________________
Your Name:___Joanna M Wardlaw______________________________________________________________________
Manuscript Title: Characterising the neurobiological mechanisms of action of exercise and cognitive behavioural
interventions for rheumatoid arthritis fatigue: an MRI brain study.
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Date:__12/10/2023___________________________________________________________________________________
Your Name:____Richard Emsley_________________________________________________________________________
Manuscript Title: Characterising the neurobiological mechanisms of action of exercise and cognitive behavioural
interventions for rheumatoid arthritis fatigue: an MRI brain study.
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Date:__10/10/2023___________________________________________________________________________________
Your Name:__Eva-Maria Bachmair_______________________________________________________________________
Manuscript Title: Characterising the neurobiological mechanisms of action of exercise and cognitive behavioural
interventions for rheumatoid arthritis fatigue: an MRI brain study.
Manuscript number (if known):__ ar-23-1080.R1___________________________________________________________

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Date:__10/10/2023___________________________________________________________________________________
Your Name:______JONATHAN CAVANAGH
Manuscript Title: Characterising the neurobiological mechanisms of action of exercise and cognitive behavioural
interventions for rheumatoid arthritis fatigue: an MRI brain study.
Manuscript number (if known):__ ar-23-1080.R1___________________________________________________________

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Date:__12/10/2023___________________________________________________________________________________
Your Name:____Gordon Waiter_________________________________________________________________________
Manuscript Title: Characterising the neurobiological mechanisms of action of exercise and cognitive behavioural
interventions for rheumatoid arthritis fatigue: an MRI brain study.
Manuscript number (if known):__ ar-23-1080.R1___________________________________________________________

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1 All support for the present IDENTIFYING FATIQUE BIOMARKERS IN RHEMATOID
manuscript (e.g., funding, ARTHRITIS USING MULTI-MODAL NEUROIMAGING.
provision of study materials, Roland Sutton Academic Waiter, G.
medical writing, article Trust ROLAND SUTTON ACADEMIC TRUST: £54,199.00
processing charges, etc.) 1/01/19 → 28/02/21
No time limit for this item. Award date: 10/12/18
DELINEATING THE NERUAL MEDIATORS OF
RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS RELATED FATIGUE (LIFT TRIAL
ADD-ON)
Waiter, G.
Versus Arthritis
VERSUS ARTHRITIS (PREVIOUSLY ARTHRITIS RESEARCH
UK): £11,581.51
1/10/17 → 30/04/21
Award date: 30/04/20
UNDERLYING NEURAL MECHANISMS OF FATIGUE IN
Roland Sutton Academic RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS
Trust Waiter, G.
ROLAND SUTTON ACADEMIC TRUST: £23,744.00
 1/03/21 → 31/07/21
Award date: 1/02/21
Brain predictors of fatigue in Rheumatoid Arthritis: a
machine learning study - Publication fees
Roland Sutton Academic Waiter, G.
Trust Roland Sutton Academic Trust: £2,000.00
1/12/21 → 30/11/22
Award date: 2/12/21
Time frame: past 36 months
2 Grants or contracts from Dissemination of radiological impact of field-cycling MRI
any entity (if not indicated for brain imaging applications and early career
in item #1 above). researcher support
Roland Sutton Academic
Senn de Vries, N., MacLeod, M. & Waiter, G.
Trust
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Award date: 25/07/23
Investigating the impact of Brain Iron on
Neurodegeneration – biochemistry costs
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Trust Roland Sutton Academic Trust: £2,575.00
1/08/22 → 31/07/23
Award date: 19/08/22
Seeing through the chemofog: A pilot study to determine
the neural correlates of chemotherapy induced cognitive
impairment
Friends of ANCHOR Waiter, G., Elsberger, B. & McNeil, C.
Friends of ANCHOR: £14,909.00
1/08/22 → 31/01/24
Award date: 20/05/22
Seeing through the chemofog: Neural correlates of
chemotherapy induced cognitive impairment
NHS Grampian Waiter, G., Elsberger, B. & McNeil, C.
Endowments Nhs Grampian Endowments: £11,785.00
1/04/22 → 31/03/24
Award date: 1/04/22
Effect of Radiofrequency denervation on Brain structure,
function and connectivity in chronic Low Back Pain
patients – a pilot study
Scottish Imaging Network:
Waiter, G.
A Platform for Scientific
Scottish Imaging Network: A Platform for Scientific
Excellence
Excellence: £4,394.80
1/04/22 → 30/06/24
Award date: 16/03/22
Brain predictors of fatigue in Rheumatoid Arthritis: a
machine learning study - Publication fees
Roland Sutton Academic Waiter, G.
Trust Roland Sutton Academic Trust: £2,000.00
1/12/21 → 30/11/22
Award date: 2/12/21
Characterising the Centralised Pain Phenotype in Chronic
Versus Arthritis Rheumatic Disease - A Stride Towards Personalised
Analgesia
 Macfarlane, G., Hollick, R., Jones, G. & Waiter, G.
Versus Arthritis: £11,134.00
3/01/19 → 2/07/23
Award date: 20/07/21
Early detection of Alzheimer’s disease with glucoCEST
MRI; a proof of concept study
Waiter, G. & Myint, P.
Scottish Government -
Scottish Government - Chief Scientist Office:
Chief Scientist Office
£260,978.55
1/01/22 → 31/07/24
Award date: 16/07/21
The Impact of Brain Iron Deposition on Age-related
Cognitive Decline
Waiter, G. & McNeil, C.
Alzheimer’s Research UK
Alzheimer´s Research UK: £2,870.40
1/07/21 → 30/06/22
Award date: 11/05/21
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