Dr. Firas Moosvi

Lecturer

Computer Science

Firas Moosvi has a BSc from UBC in Honours Biophysics, an MSc in Medical Biophysics from the University of Toronto, and a PhD in Physics from UBC. He has many research interests and they fall under three main umbrellas: medical imaging for applications in cancer, scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL), and learning analytics. Most recently, he is looking at how the field of learning analytics can provide insight to surface and reduce inequities in STEM programs. Firas has a deep appreciation for data visualization, active learning, and open source projects. He is excited to join the CMPS department to teach physics, data science, as well as computer science!

Firas

Contact

Dr. Firas Moosvi

Lecturer Computer Science

firas.moosvi@ubc.ca

Website

Research Themes

Data Science and Health

10th Floor, Diamond Health Care Centre, 2775 Laurel Street
Vancouver, BC Canada V5Z 1M9

Research Excellence Clusters at UBC Vancouver is a joint initiative of the Provost and Vice-President, Academic, UBC Vancouver and the Vice-President, Research and Innovation. Funding support for the clusters is provided by Academic Excellence Funds – UBC Vancouver.

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