Dr Katia Ferrar is a lecturer and researcher (Level B) in the School of Health Sciences.
Before joining the university, Dr Ferrar worked as a musculoskeletal physiotherapist both in the United Kingdom and Australia, and managed her own physiotherapy practice for 7 years. She continues to translate her professional skill and knowledge in her role as clinical educator for undergraduate physiotherapy students. Dr Ferrar teaches into both the Physiotherapy and Human Movement programs, and is course developer and coordinator of the new (2015) Foundations of Physical Activity and Health course offered to first year Human Movement undergraduate students.
An emerging independent early career researcher, Dr Ferrar has published 22 peer-reviewed... Read more
About me
Dr Katia Ferrar is a lecturer and researcher (Level B) in the School of Health Sciences.
Before joining the university, Dr Ferrar worked as a musculoskeletal physiotherapist both in the United Kingdom and Australia, and managed her own physiotherapy practice for 7 years. She continues to translate her professional skill and knowledge in her role as clinical educator for undergraduate physiotherapy students. Dr Ferrar teaches into both the Physiotherapy and Human Movement programs, and is course developer and coordinator of the new (2015) Foundations of Physical Activity and Health course offered to first year Human Movement undergraduate students.
An emerging independent early career researcher, Dr Ferrar has published 22 peer-reviewed articles and has won more than AU$60 thousand in research funding to date. Her research focuses on physical activity and chronic health conditions such as chronic low back pain, cardiac conditions and chronic fatigue syndrome. She has been recognised for her ability to communicate science to the general public with the 2013 Women’s and Children Young Investigator Award (People’s Choice).
More recently, Dr Ferrar was successful in securing philanthropic funding (Mason Foundation) to investigate the role of active video games in the promotion of physical activity in people with chronic fatigue syndrome, and to investigate the role of the allostatic load.
Dr Ferrar has also been successful in securing over AU$70 thousand Federal New Colombo Funding to lead inter-disciplinary cultural immersion trips to developing countries; facilitating the development of University of South Australia Health Science students as global citizens.
Dr Ferrar was awarded and named as an AMP Tommorw Maker in 2016 in acknowledgement of her partnetership with the Salvation Army in Adelaide to open a pro bono student-led physiothrapy and podiatry clinic. The clinic, th Open Door Health Clinic, is due to open in May 2017.
About me
About me
Doctor of Philosophy University of South Australia
Bachelor of Applied Science (Physiotherapy) University of South Australia
Bachelor of Health Science (Honours) University of South Australia
Research
Excludes commercial-in-confidence projects.
Student led physiotherapy and podiatry clinic for homeless people in Adelaide, AMP Foundation Limited, 28/11/2016 - 31/03/2018
Active video gaming to increase physical activity in adults with chronic fatigue syndrome, The Judith Jane Mason and Harold Stannett Williams Memorial Foundation, 01/01/2016 - 28/02/2018
Research
Research since 2008 is shown below. To see earlier years visit ORCID, ResearcherID or Scopus
Open access indicates that an output is open access.
| Year | Output |
|---|---|
| 2017 |
1
|
| 2017 |
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| 2016 |
6
3
27
|
| 2016 |
|
| 2016 |
10
|
| 2016 |
3
|
| 2015 |
5
6
1
|
| 2015 |
Open access
1
1
9
|
| 2015 |
Open access
2
|
| 2014 |
Open access
2
2
|
| 2014 |
Open access
2
3
|
| 2014 |
Open access
|
| 2014 |
Open access
97
82
54
|
| 2013 |
23
22
|
| 2013 |
10
9
1
|
| 2012 |
9
7
1
|
| 2012 |
3
2
|
| 2012 |
15
9
1
|
| 2012 |
Open access
10
10
1
|
| 2012 |
|
| 2011 |
Open access
25
25
|
| 2010 |
12
12
|
| 2010 |
Olds, TS, Tomkinson, GR, Ferrar, KE & Maher, CA 2010, 'Trends in the prevalence of childhood overweight and obesity in Australia between 1985 and 2008', International Journal of Obesity. |
External engagement & recognition
| Organisation | Country |
|---|---|
| Central Queensland University | AUSTRALIA |
| Ghent University | BELGIUM |
| Pennington Biomedical Research Center | UNITED STATES |
| Tianjin Women's and Children's Health Center | CHINA (EXCLUDES SARS AND TAIWA |
| Universita Degli Studi Di Verona | ITALY |
| University of Auckland | NEW ZEALAND |
| University of Ottawa | CANADA |
| University of Queensland | AUSTRALIA |
| University of South Australia | AUSTRALIA |
| University of Sydney | AUSTRALIA |
| Victoria University | AUSTRALIA |
External engagement & recognition
| Engagement/recognition | Year |
|---|---|
Associate EditorBMC Public Health |
2017 |
Scientist in Schools - Promotion of Engagement in ScienceCSIRO |
2017 |
Associate EditorBMC Public Health |
2016 |
Scientist in Schools - Promotion of Engagement in ScienceCSIRO |
2016 |
Tomorrow MakerAMP |
2016 |
Associate EditorBMC Public Health |
2015 |
Scientist in Schools - Promotion of Engagement in ScienceCSIRO |
2015 |
Young Investigator Award Peoples ChoiceWomens and Childrens Hospital Foundation |
2015 |
Teaching & student supervision
Teaching & student supervision
Supervisions from 2010 shown
| Thesis title | Student status |
|---|---|
| Changes in time use, associated enjoyment and social interaction, across the retirement transition: a longitudinal study | Current |
| The association between neighbourhood, allostatic load and self-reported arthritis. | Current |
