Parvin Mousavi

Timeline

1. By 2010

   Imperial College, UBC and a prize

   She earns an MSc at Imperial College in the UK and a PhD at the University of British Columbia. The Canadian Association for Computer Science selects her, a professor in Queen's School of Computing, for its Outstanding Young Computer Science Researcher Prize for 2010.

2. 2016

   Royal Society of Canada election

   In 2016, the Royal Society of Canada elects her to its College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists, one of five Queen's faculty members named to the program. The honour recognizes her work on precise management of complex human disease and personalized computer-assisted diagnosis and therapy, which uses machine learning on medical images and omics profiling.

3. 2017–2020

   General chair of IPCAI

   She is general chair of the conference on Information Processing in Computer Assisted Interventions (IPCAI) from 2017 to 2020. From 2020, she sits on its steering committee and board.

4. 2019

   IEEE Canada's Gotlieb Computer Award

   In 2019, IEEE Canada gives her the Gotlieb Computer Award for contributions to computer engineering and science. As director of Queen's Medical Informatics Laboratory, she combines machine learning with medical images, bio-signals and genomic markers to support earlier and more accurate diagnosis of cancer.

5. 2021–2023

   MICCAI fellow and program co-chair

   She is named a fellow of Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Interventions (MICCAI) in 2021. In 2023, she serves as a program co-chair of MICCAI.

6. 2022

   A Canada CIFAR AI Chair

   In 2022, she is named a Canada CIFAR AI Chair at the Vector Institute, one of seven researchers in the new cohort whose positions are affiliated with the institute. She also leads the multi-institutional NSERC CREATE Training program in Medical Informatics at Queen's, which links machine learning and digital health.

7. November 2024

   Canada Research Chair in Medical Informatics

   In November 2024, she is among the 224 Canada Research Chairs announced across the country, named a Tier 1 chair in Medical Informatics. The chair applies AI advances to disease diagnosis, medical interventions and personalized treatments.

8. As of October 2026

   Professor at Queen's University

   As of October 2026, she is a professor in Queen's School of Computing, a Canada CIFAR AI Chair at the Vector Institute and Canada Research Chair in Medical Informatics. In February 2025, Queen's features her among five women researchers using AI to improve healthcare, with a focus on AI solutions for computer-assisted surgery and medical interventions. She previously held a senior scientist position at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston and visiting professorships at Harvard Medical School and the University of British Columbia.