Santa Ono

Santa Ono FRSC FCAHS
Ono in 2024
15th President of the University of Michigan
Incumbent
Assumed office October 14, 2022
Preceded by	Mary Sue Coleman (acting)
15th President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of British Columbia
In office August 15, 2016 – October 13, 2022
Preceded by	Martha Piper (acting)
Succeeded by	Deborah Buszard (acting)
28th President of the University of Cincinnati
In office August 2012 – July 2016
Preceded by	Gregory H. Williams
Succeeded by	Beverly Davenport (acting)
Personal details
Born	Santa Jeremy Ono (1962-11-23) November 23, 1962 (age 61) Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Citizenship	United States Canada
Spouse	Wendy Yip ​ (m. 1989)​
Children	2
Residence	President's House
Education	University of Chicago (BA) McGill University (MA, PhD)
Scientific career
Fields	Immunology experimental medicine
Institutions	Harvard University Johns Hopkins University University College London Emory University University of Cincinnati University of British Columbia University of Michigan
Thesis	Major Histocompatibility Complex Association of Insulin-Dependent Diabetes in the BB Rat (1991)
Doctoral advisor	Abraham Fuks Ronald Guttmann
Notable students	Paola Arlotta

Santa Jeremy Ono FRSC 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]