Caroline Genco

Caroline Genco is University at Buffalo's 16th president, and is the first woman to be named president in UB’s 180-year history. Previously she served as Tufts’ provost since 2022. In this capacity, she led efforts to expand interdisciplinary research, strengthen infrastructure and increase external funding.

A nationally recognized researcher in microbiology and immunology, Genco has built a distinguished academic career in research, teaching and service. She has fostered collaborations across disciplines including infectious diseases, epidemiology, biomedical engineering and public health. Her research is focused on chronic inflammation and the role of the microbiome in systemic inflammatory disorders.

A prolific author, Genco has published more than 140 articles, and her research program has been continuously supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). She has served on numerous NIH scientific advisory committees and other national scientific advisory boards and federal review panels.

Genco has an outstanding record as a teacher and mentor, having trained more than three dozen graduate students and postdoctoral fellows along with numerous undergraduate and professional school students.

Before joining Tufts, Genco was a professor in the departments of medicine and microbiology at Boston University School of Medicine as well as the research director of its Section on Infectious Diseases. She has also held faculty appointments at Morehouse School of Medicine and Emory University.

Genco is a graduate of the prestigious Hedwig van Ameringen Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine Program, a year-long part-time fellowship for faculty in schools of medicine, dentistry, public health and pharmacy to develop professional and personal skills required to lead and manage in today’s health care and higher education environments.