David N. Fredricks MD

David Fredricks is an Assistant Member in the Program in Infectious Diseases at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine, Division of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the University of Washington in Seattle. He graduated from Stanford University with Bachelors and Masters Degrees in Biology, and worked as an Associate Scientist for Liposome Technology, Inc.

David Fredricks obtained his medical degree from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, and residency training in internal medicine at the University of California at San Francisco. He completed a fellowship in infectious diseases at Stanford University, where he received a Physician Scientist Award from the National Institutes of Health. His current research interests focus on the application of molecular methods for the detection and identification of microbes, particularly fastidious or cultivation-resistant pathogens.