Meet the President

T. Gerard (Gerry) Bradley, BDS, MS, Dr.Med.Dent., is the 20th President of the University of Louisville.

He previously was the executive vice president and university provost for UofL, serving as the chief academic officer and overseeing all colleges, schools and deans. He joined UofL as dean of the School of Dentistry in August 2016 and served as provost in both interim and permanent roles since 2022. 

During Bradley’s tenure as provost, the university made a strong commitment to enrollment growth, student success and academic excellence and saw increases in the first-year student persistence rate, financial aid for university scholarships and total university enrollment. He led several successful accreditation site visits, hired eight deans and collaborated with senior administrators to develop a new university budget model and plans to increase enrollment and retention rates, as well as fostered the development and launch of several new academic programs. 

Before coming to Louisville with his wife and five sons, Bradley was chair and professor of developmental sciences at Marquette University School of Dentistry and served as the associate dean for research and graduate studies. He is a diplomate of the American Board of Orthodontics and a member of the American Dental Association, the American Board of Orthodontics, the American Dental Education Association, the International Association for Dental Research, and is a member of the Edward H. Angle Society of Orthodontics. 

Bradley received his BDS in Cork, Ireland, his orthodontic specialty training and MS degree at The Ohio State University, and a doctorate in dentistry at the University of Bern, Switzerland.