Santa Ono

Santa Ono
Ono in 2024
15th President of the University of Michigan
Assumed office
October 14, 2022
Preceded byMary Sue Coleman (acting)
15th President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of British Columbia
In office
August 15, 2016 – October 13, 2022
ChancellorLindsay Gordon
Steven Point
Preceded byMartha Piper (acting)
Succeeded byDeborah Buszard (acting)
28th President of the University of Cincinnati
In office
August 2012 – July 2016
Preceded byGregory H. Williams
Succeeded byBeverly Davenport (acting)
Personal details
Born
Santa Jeremy Ono

(1962-11-23) November 23, 1962 (age 61)
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Citizenship
Spouse
Wendy Yip
(m. 1989)
Children2
ResidencePresident's House
Education
Scientific career
Fields
Institutions
ThesisMajor histocompatibility complex association of insulin-dependent diabetes in the BB rat (1991)
Doctoral advisor
  • Abraham Fuks
  • Ronald Guttmann
Notable studentsPaola Arlotta

Santa Jeremy Ono FCAHS (Japanese: 小野 三太; born November 23, 1962)[1] is a Canadian-American immunologist and academic administrator who has been serving as the 15th president of the University of Michigan since October 2022.[2]

Ono served as the 15th president of the University of British Columbia from 2016 to 2022 and the 28th president of the University of Cincinnati from 2012 to 2016.[3] Previously, as a faculty member of Johns Hopkins University, Harvard University, University College London, and Emory University, Ono contributed to the field of gene regulation in the immune system and to the understanding of inflammation in the eye.[4]

  1. ^ Bula, Frances (November 4, 2016). "Here comes Santa Ono". BCBusiness. Archived from the original on April 13, 2021. Retrieved July 13, 2022.
  2. ^ "Regents appoint Santa Ono as University of Michigan's new president | The University Record". record.umich.edu. Archived from the original on July 14, 2022. Retrieved July 13, 2022.
  3. ^ Cafley, Julie. "Can the Role of University President Really Be that Easy?" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on October 29, 2016. Retrieved September 2, 2017.
  4. ^ "Eyelid protein is key to allergy". BBC News. January 16, 2005. Archived from the original on July 14, 2022. Retrieved April 1, 2010.