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Harold Aukema recognized for distinguished service in nutrition
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May 8, 2024 —
The Canadian Nutrition Society (CNS) recently announced that Harold
Aukema, professor in Food and Human Nutritional Sciences, has been
awarded the Earle Willard McHenry Award for Distinguished Service in
Nutrition. It was presented at the CNS Annual Conference held May 2-4
in Edmonton, AB.
This prestigious award is given annually in recognition of
distinguished service in the field of nutrition in Canada. The award
is given for merit in teaching, in inspiring students and colleagues,
in providing leadership through professional associations leading to
progress in nutrition, in giving administrative or material support
towards the development of outstanding nutrition programs, and in
research achievement.
_The CNS citation reads:_
Dr. Harold Aukema's research has made significant contributions to our
understanding of diet (lipid and protein types) for kidney health and
in disease. His expertise with oxylipins has led to the development of
a novel method for determining ALA (α-linolenic) requirements, and an
appreciation of the role of oxylipins in various tissues and disease
states, including the effects of sex differences. Dr. Aukema has
published 134 papers (H-index 33; 3,717 citations in 2,521 documents),
228 abstracts, 3 book chapters, and has 1 published patent. His papers
are published in key nutrition journals [Nutrition (n=17), Journal of
Nutritional Biochemistry (n-8), British Journal of Nutrition (n=9),
Applied Physiology Nutrition and Metabolism (n=6)] as well as
specialty journals for lipids and renal areas. His most cited paper is
a review in Advances in Nutrition (Gabbs et al 2015, Advances in our
understanding of oxylipins derived from dietary PUFAs; 483 citations,
including 7 thus far in 2024). In 2020, this review paper was
recognized as the most cited article in the 2015 volume of Advances in
Nutrition (10th anniversary collection). Many researchers express
their appreciation for this comprehensive scoping review and indicate
this review is being used in many graduate courses in nutrition as a
key source of understanding of oxylipins.
Dr. Aukema has been a leader of CanU, a program that serves youth with
untapped potential by bringing them to the University of Manitoba, and
exposing them to various disciplines including nutrition, and in turn,
this has created experiential learning opportunities for undergraduate
nutrition students to coordinate and deliver the nutrition program via
hands-on learning activities for food and nutrition skills. Dr. Aukema
is a founding board member (2011-present) of CanU Canada. Since 2011,
over 2000 children in Winnipeg have been able to participate in
nutrition programs on campus. This has enabled over 170 University of
Manitoba nutrition students the opportunity to enhance their nutrition
training by acting as coordinators and facilitators in delivering
these programs via experiential learning. Dr. Aukema has trained 33
graduate students (6 PhD and 23 MSc completed; 2 MSc and 2 PhD in
progress), 3 post- doctoral fellows, 40 undergraduate students
(several of these students more than one summer), and many
technicians/research associates over the years. The trainees are first
authors on the publications and many have been recognized at a number
of national and international conferences.
Dr. Aukema chaired the Graduate Program for 13 years, during which
time he initiated 2 major revisions of the graduate courses. He has
been the Department's Associate Head for 8 years, was Acting
Department Head for 1.5 years, and he is currently on the Leadership
team at the Canadian Centre for Agri-Food Research in Health and
Medicine (CCARM) where his laboratory is located. Dr. Aukema has also
served on both NSERC and CIHR review panels, he has been an Associate
Editor for both Lipids and for Applied Physiology Nutrition and
Metabolism (APNM) for 8-9 years and has reviewed papers for many
journals and grant for several organizations on an ad hoc basis.
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