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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 (Berl), 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 (Berl), 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.', Br J Pharmacol, 137, pp. 963 - 970, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/sj.bjp.0704961

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.

My Research Supervision

Maria Horseman - Examining interventions/strategies to reduce potentially preventable hospital presentations in patients aged over 65 years by implementing out of hospital referral to the Transitional Care Programme (TCP) within the Mid North Coast Local Health District.