Vahid Farrahi
Assistant Professorship:
Data Analytics in Sports Science, since 1 January 2024
To the Assistant Professorship
Department:
Arts and Sports Sciences, Institute for Sport and Sport Science
Studies and doctorate:
- 2021: PhD in Medical Physics and Technology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland (received the grade “passed with distinction”, the “Best PhD Thesis Award 2021” from the Faculty of Medicine and the “Exemplary PhD Thesis Award” from the University of Oulu Graduate School (UniOGS))
- 2016: M.Sc. in Information Technology, Shiraz University of Technology, Shiraz, Iran

Stages:
- 2023: Group Leader, Wearables for Population Health, Research Unit of Health Sciences and Technology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oulu, Finland
- 2021-2023: Postdoctoral Researcher, Research Unit of Health Sciences and Technology, Faculty of Medicine & Center for Machine Vision and Signal Analysis, Faculty of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, University of Oulu, Finland
- 2022: 3-month research visit at The National Research Center for the Work Environment, Copenhagen, Denmark
- 2019: 6-month research visit at the Bradford Research Institute for Health, Bradford, UK
- 2017-2021: Marie Curie Early-Stage Fellowship, Medical Physics and Technology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oulu, Finland
Focus in research:
- 24-hour activity behaviors and health
- Wearable-based measurement of activity behaviors
- Health data science and machine learning