Santa Ono

Santa Ono is the president and vice-chancellor of the University of British Columbia. He also serves as chair of the U15 Group of Universities, on the board of directors of Universities Canada, and as past chair of Research Universities of British Columbia. He is also a member of the boards of Fulbright and MITACS. He has served on the boards of the American Council on Education and the Council on Competitiveness and as chief innovation advisor to the Province of British Columbia. A molecular immunologist educated at the University of Chicago and McGill University, Ono has advised national and regional governments on higher education and mental health. He has also advised companies such as GSK, Johnson & Johnson, Merck, and Novartis on research and development. Ono has been inducted as a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences, the National Academy of Inventors, USA, and the Johns Hopkins Society of Scholars.