Rate My Professor Daniel Ferris

Ferris's research focuses on biochemical indices of training and competition in elite contact sport athletes, spanning sports performance, youth development, programming, monitoring, adaptation, and recovery. His interests include muscle damage, inflammation, player load, and athlete development. He lectures in units such as Advanced Exercise Physiology (EXSC340), Monitoring of Sport Performance, and Introduction to Exercise and Sport Science (EXSC120) in the School of Science and Technology. Ferris has obtained significant funding, including $450,000 for Sport Science in Rugby League from the New South Wales Rugby League Centre of Excellence (2024) and $105,000 for optimizing youth athletic performance and injury prevention from Presbyterian Ladies’ College Armidale (2024). Key publications include "Impact of New Rule Changes on Australian Professional Rugby League Match-Play and Wellbeing Statistics—Implications for Training-Program Design" (Journal of Athletic Enhancement, 2024), "Basal Markers of Inflammation, Muscle Damage, and Performance during Five Weeks of Pre-Season Training in Elite Youth Rugby League Players" (Journal of Athletic Enhancement, 2018), "Training load—injury paradox: is greater preseason participation associated with lower in-season injury risk in elite rugby league players?" (British Journal of Sports Medicine, 2017), and "Creatine kinase and neuromuscular indices of fatigue following elite rugby league match-play" (2011). He has contributed to numerous peer-reviewed publications.