Santa Ono

Santa Ono
Ono in 2024
15th President of the University of Michigan
In office
October 14, 2022 – May 6, 2025
Preceded byMary Sue Coleman (interim)
Succeeded byDomenico Grasso (interim)
15th President 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 J. Davenport (acting)
Personal details
BornSanta Jeremy Ono
(1962-11-23) November 23, 1962
Citizenship
Spouse
Wendy Yip
(m. 1989)
RelationsTakashi Ono (father)
Ken Ono (brother)
Children2
Education
Signature
Scientific career
Fields
Institutions
ThesisMajor histocompatibility complex association of insulin-dependent diabetes in the BB rat (1991)
Doctoral advisors
  • Abraham Fuks
  • Ronald Guttmann

Santa Jeremy Ono FCAHS (Japanese: 小野 三太; born November 23, 1962) is a Canadian-American immunologist.

Ono served in a variety of roles, including as the 15th president of the University of Michigan from October 2022 to May 2025, as the 15th president of the University of British Columbia from 2016 to 2022, and as the 28th president of the University of Cincinnati from 2012 to 2016. Ono was selected to serve as the 14th president of the University of Florida in May 2025, but was rejected in early June by the Florida Board of Governors for the position.

In August 2025, Ono was appointed president of the global division at the Ellison Institute of Technology, Oxford Limited, a private limited company incorporated in November 2021 in England. He would be responsible for assisting John Bell, the company's president, in expanding its local science programs and overseeing its global affairs.