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Associate Professor Linda Ferrington

Associate Professor Linda Ferrington

Associate Professor

PhD, PGCHE, SFHEA

Medicine & Health
School of Clinical Medicine

I have an active role in teaching, assessment, and development of the curriculum in Phase 1 Medicine. Within this role I have a key responsibility in designing and delivering engaging, challenging learning experiences for adult learners within a tertiary environment, and I am actively engaged in developing innovative resources to improve teaching practice within my School, and to increase the engagement and retention of our students.

Phone
6580 7575
E-mail
l.ferrington@unsw.edu.au
Location
Port Macquarie
  • Journal articles | 2024
    Turner B; Bullock S; Butler S; Ferrington L; Macartney M; Major L; Monrouxe L; Osuagwu UL; Southwell P; Schaik LV; Luscombe GM, 2024, 'The Murray-Darling Medical Schools Network Research Collaboration: protocol for a longitudinal, multi-university program of work to explore the effect of rurally based medical school programs in the Murray-Darling region', Rural and Remote Health, 24, http://dx.doi.org/10.22605/RRH8306
    Journal articles | 2023
    Schirmer T; Bailey A; Kerr N; Walton A; Ferrington L; Cecilio ME, 2023, 'Start small and let it build; a mixed-method evaluation of a school-based physical activity program, Kilometre Club', BMC Public Health, 23, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-14927-7
    Journal articles | 2020
    Legerer C; Stevens M; Vazquez GM; Müller T; Ferrington L, 2020, 'An experimental evaluation of a concept to improve conventional aortic prostheses', Journal of Biomechanics, 112, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiomech.2020.110010
    Journal articles | 2016
    Beglopoulos V; Tulloch J; Roe AD; Daumas S; Ferrington L; Watson R; Fan Z; Hyman BT; Kelly PAT; Bard F; Morris RGM, 2016, 'Early detection of cryptic memory and glucose uptake deficits in pre-pathological APP mice', Nature Communications, 7, pp. 11761, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11761
    Journal articles | 2012
    Ferrington L; palmer LE; Love S; Horsburgh KJ; Kelly PAT; Kehoe PG, 2012, 'Angiotensin II-inhibition: effect on Alzheimer’s pathology in the aged triple transgenic mouse', American Journal of Translational Research, 4, pp. 151 - 164, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3353528/
    Journal articles | 2011
    Dawson N; Ferrington L; Lesch KP; Kelly PAT, 2011, 'Cerebral metabolic responses to 5-HT2A/C receptor activation in mice with genetically modified serotonin transporter (SERT) expression', European Neuropsychopharmacology, 21, pp. 117 - 128, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.euroneuro.2010.10.006
    Journal articles | 2011
    Ferrington L; Miners JS; Palmer LE; Bond SM; Povey JE; Kelly PAT; Love S; Horsburgh KJ; Kehoe PG, 2011, 'Angiotensin II-inhibiting drugs have no effect on intraneuronal Aβ or oligomeric Aβ levels in a triple transgenic mouse model of Alzheimer's disease', American Journal of Translational Research, 3, pp. 197 - 208, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3056565/
    Journal articles | 2011
    Van Donkelaar EL; Blokland A; Ferrington L; Kelly PAT; Steinbusch HWM; Prickaerts J, 2011, 'Mechanism of acute tryptophan depletion: Is it only serotonin', Molecular Psychiatry, 16, pp. 695 - 713, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/mp.2011.9
    Journal articles | 2010
    Andó RD; Ádori C; Kirilly E; Molnár E; Kovács GG; Ferrington L; Kelly PAT; Bagdy G, 2010, 'Acute SSRI-induced anxiogenic and brain metabolic effects are attenuated 6 months after initial MDMA-induced depletion', Behavioural Brain Research, 207, pp. 280 - 289, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bbr.2009.10.011
    Journal articles | 2010
    Van Donkelaar EL; Kelly PAT; Dawson N; Blokland A; Prickaerts J; Steinbusch HWM; Ferrington L, 2010, 'Acute tryptophan depletion potentiates 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine- induced cerebrovascular hyperperfusion in adult male wistar rats', Journal of Neuroscience Research, 88, pp. 1557 - 1568, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jnr.22308
    Journal articles | 2010
    van Donkelaar EL; Blokland A; Lieben CKJ; Kenis G; Ferrington L; Kelly PAT; Steinbusch HWM; Prickaerts J, 2010, 'Acute tryptophan depletion in C57BL/6 mice does not induce central serotonin reduction or affective behavioural changes', Neurochemistry International, 56, pp. 21 - 34, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neuint.2009.08.010
    Journal articles | 2010
    Ádori C; Andó RD; Ferrington L; Szekeres M; Vas S; Kelly PAT; Hunyady L; Bagdy G, 2010, 'Elevated BDNF protein level in cortex but not in hippocampus of MDMA-treated Dark Agouti rats: A potential link to the long-term recovery of serotonergic axons', Neuroscience Letters, 478, pp. 56 - 60, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neulet.2010.04.061
    Journal articles | 2009
    Dawson N; Ferrington L; Olverman HJ; Harmar AJ; Kelly PAT, 2009, 'Sex influences the effect of a lifelong increase in serotonin transporter function on cerebral metabolism', Journal of Neuroscience Research, 87, pp. 2375 - 2385, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jnr.22062
    Journal articles | 2009
    Rutten K; Van Donkelaar EL; Ferrington L; Blokland A; Bollen E; Steinbusch HWM; Kelly PAT; Prickaerts JH, 2009, 'Phosphodiesterase inhibitors enhance object memory independent of cerebral blood flow and glucose utilization in rats', Neuropsychopharmacology, 34, pp. 1914 - 1925, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/npp.2009.24
    Journal articles | 2009
    van Donkelaar EL; Ferrington L; Blokland A; Steinbusch HWM; Prickaerts J; Kelly PAT, 2009, 'Acute tryptophan depletion in rats alters the relationship between cerebral blood flow and glucose metabolism independent of central serotonin', Neuroscience, 163, pp. 683 - 694, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroscience.2009.06.063
    Journal articles | 2008
    Dawson N; Ferrington L; Olverman HJ; Kelly PAT, 2008, 'Novel analysis for improved validity in semi-quantitative 2-deoxyglucose autoradiographic imaging', Journal of Neuroscience Methods, 175, pp. 25 - 35, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jneumeth.2008.07.020
    Journal articles | 2006
    Ando RD; Benko A; Ferrington L; Kirilly E; Kelly PAT; Bagdy G, 2006, 'Partial lesion of the serotonergic system by a single dose of MDMA results in behavioural disinhibition and enhances acute MDMA-induced social behaviour on the social interaction test', Neuropharmacology, 50, pp. 884 - 896, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropharm.2005.12.010
    Journal articles | 2006
    Ferrington L; Kirilly E; McBean DE; Olverman HJ; Bagdy G; Kelly PAT, 2006, 'Persistent cerebrovascular effects of MDMA and acute responses to the drug', European Journal of Neuroscience, 24, pp. 509 - 519, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1460-9568.2006.04923.x
    Journal articles | 2006
    Kirilly E; Benko A; Ferrington L; Ando RD; Kelly PAT; Bagdy G, 2006, 'Acute and long-term effects of a single dose of MDMA on aggression in Dark Agouti rats', International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology, 9, pp. 63 - 76, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S146114570500581X
    Journal articles | 2005
    Ferrington L; Leith JL; McBean DE; Olverman HJ; Kelly PAT, 2005, 'Local cerebral metabolic response to 8-OH-DPAT in Dark Agouti rats is altered by prior exposure to 3, 4, -methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA)', Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism, 25, pp. S582 - S582, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/sj.jcbfm.9591524.0582
    Journal articles | 2004
    Balogh B; Molnar E; Jakus R; Quate L; Olverman HJ; Kelly PAT; Kantor S; Bagdy G, 2004, 'Effects of a single dose of 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine on circadian patterns, motor activity and sleep in drug-naive rats and rats previously exposed to MDMA', Psychopharmacology, 173, pp. 296 - 309, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00213-004-1787-9
    Journal articles | 2004
    Quate L; McBean DE; Ritchie IM; Olverman HJ; Kelly PAT, 2004, 'Acute methylenedioxymethamphetamine administration: Effects on local cerebral blood flow and glucose utilisation in the dark agouti rat', Psychopharmacology, 173, pp. 287 - 295, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00213-004-1784-z
    Journal articles | 2002
    Kelly PAT; Ritchie IM; Quate L; McBean DE; Olverman HJ, 2002, 'Functional consequences of perinatal exposure to 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine in rat brain', British Journal of Pharmacology, 137, pp. 963 - 970, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/sj.bjp.0704961
  • Conference Abstracts | 2024
    Schwartzkoff E; Ferrington L; Pikora T; Kerr N; Gooey M; Macer-Wright J, 2024, 'Evaluating Education on Overweight and Obesity in Children in Australian Medical Curricula: Advancing Effective Training and Practice', in Obesity Research and Clinical Practice, Elsevier, Vol. 18, pp. S5 - S5, presented at ANZOS (Australian & New Zealand Obesity Society) Conference 2024, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.orcp.2024.09.012
    Preprints | 2022
    Schirmer T; Bailey A; Kerr N; Cecilio M; Ferrington L; Walton A, 2022, Start small and let it build; a mixed-method evaluation of a school-based physical activity program, Kilometre Club, http://dx.doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-1992885/v1

My current research interests include an investigation of the current knowledge and understanding of childhood obesity in medical students engaged in undergraduate study in a rural setting. I am also involved in an evaluation of the KM Club in rural Australia; measuring a range of outcomes to assess potential factors associated with successful implementation of the program. Together with colleagues in the UNSW Rural Clinical School I am evaluating the outcomes of students undertaking their full undergraduate medical degree in a rural setting.