As a teacher, she is known as an outstanding mentor who plays an active role in teaching medical students, residents and fellows. She is also a highly valued research collaborator; Liapis has published more than 90 peer-reviewed manuscripts, contributing to the understanding of developmental kidney diseases, obstructive nephropathy, mechanisms of diabetic nephropathy and transplant rejection, among others. She is the editor of several major texts, serves as a reviewer for many of her field’s most prestigious journals, and is an active member of the Renal Pathology Society.