Clinical and Research Background
Dr. Lieberman’s clinical interests are in molecular diagnosis of infections, infectious diseases pathology, and leishmaniasis. Josh is also involved in medical education and currently serves as an Associate Program Director for the residency program.
In addition to clinical training in anatomic and clinical pathology, Josh has focused on microbiology and biochemistry. His PhD was on the structure and sub-cellular localization of bacterial secretion systems (pilus biogenesis machinery in E. coli). After residency, he conducted post-doctoral research studying the role of nitric oxide in S. aureus metabolism and adaptation to host environments. His pre-doctoral training included research on vector-borne parasitic diseases and macrophage activation.
Board Certifications
Anatomic Pathology 2018, Clinical Pathology 2018
Research Interests
Dr. Lieberman's interests include:
- Diagnosis, epidemiology, and genomics of Leishmania (and other infectious parasites)
- Development of molecular infectious disease diagnostics for the clinical laboratory, especially for orphan/neglected diseases
- Syphilis diagnostics
- Clinical yield and laboratory stewardship of molecular diagnostics, including metagenomic next-generation sequencing assays
Academic and Medical Appointments
Academic Appointments
Associate Professor, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 2025-present
Assistant Professor, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 2020-present
Assistant Professor, Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 2020
Acting Instructor, Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 2018-2020
Medical Appointments
Associate Director Pathology Residency 2025-present
Medical Director, UW-Roosevelt Ambulatory Lab & POCT 2022-present
Assistant Director, Molecular Diagnosis, Microbiology Section 2019-present
Education and Training
Residency, Anatomic & Clinical Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 2014-2018
Chief Resident, Clinical Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 2017-2018
MD and PhD in Microbiology & Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 2006-2014
Post-Baccalaureate Intramural Trainee Research Fellowship, Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD, 2005-2006
BS in Microbiology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 2001-2005
Publications
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