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Borzage Laboratory

Meet Our Team

Principal Investigator
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Matthew Borzage, PhD

Faculty Researcher and Investigator, Neonatology, Fetal and Neonatal Institute, CHLA
Associate Professor of Research Pediatrics, Keck School of Medicine of USC
Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering, Viterbi School of Engineering, USC
Department of Regulatory and Quality Sciences, Alfred E. Mann School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, USC

Matthew Borzage, PhD, is a neurovascular scientist and biomedical engineer specializing in MRI-based methods for assessing the brain. He is the associate faculty director of the Medical Device Clinical Trial Unit, a joint venture of Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Department of Pediatrics and The West Coast Consortium for Technology & Innovation in Pediatrics (CTIP).

Team Members
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Eamon Doyle, PhD

Data Engineer, Data Science & AI, Saban Research Institute
Assistant Professor of Clinical Radiology, Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles, Keck School of Medicine of USC

Eamon Doyle, PhD is a biomedical engineer specializing in MR imaging, physics, signal and image processing, and computing. His research interests include quantitative imaging, fast imaging, and developing and validating new techniques in humans with the goal of clinical translation. He also works with the TSRI Data Science & AI team to find insights from clinical data generated at CHLA.

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Joseph Liu, PhD

Joseph Liu, PhD, is a research scientist at the Borzage Lab at CHLA and Adjunct Faculty at USC. Dr. Liu received his PhD from USC Viterbi School of Engineering in Biomedical Engineering with a focus on Imaging and Imaging Informatics. His past projects include the development of the Integrated Biomechanics Informatics System (IBIS) for PAC12 and United States Track and Field teams. Current projects include creating data pipelines and tools for image processing and data analytics in MRI clinical research.

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Bethany Sussman, PhD

Bethany Sussman, PhD, is a cognitive neuroscientist and imaging expert specializing in blood oxygen level-dependent (BOLD) MRI. She has a background in both task and resting-state BOLD MRI. Her research interests include BOLD cerebrovascular reactivity, clinical applications for advanced MRI techniques, and the neural basis of language and cognition. Dr. Sussman received her BS in Psychology from Northern Arizona University and her PhD in Psychology from Indiana University.

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Sudarshan Ranganathan, MS, MBA

Sudarshan Ranganathan, MS, is a data scientist in the Borzage lab. He received master’s degrees in biomedical engineering from the University of Miami and in business administration from USC. His research interests include the accumulation of blood cells in sickle cell anemia using quantitative susceptibility mapping and cerebral blood flow and metabolism in children using MRI. Outside of work, Sudarshan enjoys traveling and spending time with his two children.

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Isabel Torres, BA

Isabel Torres graduated from UC Santa Cruz with a Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology. She spent time in Paraguay as a Peace Corps volunteer before joining CHLA as a project coordinator. She is passionate about data analysis and presenting study data in ways that feel intuitive. In her free time, Isabel enjoys reading, spending time outdoors, and hanging out with her cat, Goldfish.

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Hannah Wiseman, MPH

Hannah Wiseman, MS, is a clinical research associate with expertise in MRI imaging pipelines, IRB protocol development, patient recruitment, and clinical trial development. She previously completed an MPH program and worked in COVID-19 vaccine clinics which gave her valuable experience in patient advocacy and safety. She has been at CHLA since 2022, working with pediatric patients in MRI research and adult volunteer data.