Professor Santa J. Ono & David Quan 权丁文 | 3x University President (Cincinnati, UBC, Michigan), Global President Ellison Institutes (EIT Oxford), DEI Evolutions, Bipolar Survivor (Mental Health Advocate), Brother of Ken Ono | Coffee's on Me, David Quan 权丁文
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Full video interview with Professor Santa J. Ono available on: www.CoffeesOnMeDavidQuan.com !
Guest Professor Santa J. Ono: "𝘐 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘦𝘯𝘫𝘰𝘺𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 David Quan 权丁文, 𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 Coffee's on Me, David Quan 权丁文 𝘱𝘰𝘥𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘵. 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘢 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘴𝘬 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘺 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘳 — 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦. 𝘈𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸𝘦𝘥, 𝘐 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘢 𝘸𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘦𝘹𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧-𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨."
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Santa Jeremy Ono is a Canadian-American immunologist and one of the most distinguished academic leaders of his generation. Born in Vancouver in 1962 to Japanese immigrant parents, he grew up in a household that placed the highest value on academic excellence and intellectual pursuits.
He earned his Bachelor of Arts in biological sciences from the University of Chicago, followed by a doctorate in experimental medicine from McGill University. He went on to teach at Johns Hopkins, Harvard, and University College London, before a steady rise through university leadership — serving as President of the University of Cincinnati, then the University of British Columbia, and finally the University of Michigan. He is an elected member of the National Academy of Medicine, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
In August 2025, he was appointed President of the Ellison Institute of Technology Oxford and Global President of the Ellison Institutes. He also holds a professorship in ophthalmology and immunology at the University of Oxford.
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