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UB Expert

Robert J. Genco

Expertise:

• Development and commercialization of university research
• Oral biology and periodontal disease

Genco directs the UB Office of Science, Technology Transfer and Economic Outreach (STOR). STOR is the primary commercialization and technology transfer office of UB. It identifies, protects and commercializes the outcomes and discoveries of research conducted at UB for the public good, and provides a continuum of business-development support for the university's technologies, entrepreneurs and start-up companies.

An internationally known researcher in the field of oral biology and periodontal disease, Genco has done ground-breaking research on relationship between periodontal disease and many chronic systemic diseases such as diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Currently he is principal investigator on a $7.3 million grant from the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research to do preliminary studies and conduct a pilot clinical trial of the impact of periodontal disease treatment on prevention of second heart attacks.