Michelle Harkness Mentorship Award
Recognizing Mentorship
in the Fields of Airways and Allergic Disease
This award was created to honour the memory of Michelle Harkness, AllerGen’s Manager of Highly Qualified Personnel (HQP) Training and Events from 2011 to 2017, following Michelle’s sudden passing in August 2017. The awards recognize and support trainees, researchers and others working in airways and allergic disease who demonstrate a significant commitment to promoting capacity building, career enhancement and personal growth through mentorship.
Michelle Harkness Mentorship Awards
2024 Call for Nominations & Applications
Deadline for submissions: 11 December 2023
AllerGen proudly announces the sixth call for nominations and applications to the Michelle Harkness Mentorship Award (MHMA) program.
These awards are NOT restricted to members of the AllerGen Network. Any Canadian citizen or landed immigrant working in the fields of airways or allergic disease is eligible to be nominated for an MHMA award or to apply for an MHMA grant.
See the Call for Nominations & Applications (Program Guide).
If you know someone working in airways and allergic disease whose commitment to mentorship has made a difference in the lives of others, celebrate that person.
Individuals can nominate mentors for recognition in one of three categories:
- LIFETIME MENTORING ACHIEVEMENT
- MENTORING EXCELLENCE BY AN INVESTIGATOR
- MENTORING EXCELLENCE BY A NON-INVESTIGATOR
Deadline for 2024 submissions: 11 December 2023
Call for Nominations & Applications (Program Guide)
Nomination forms: Lifetime Achievement | Mentoring Excellence: Investigator | Mentoring Excellence: Non-Investigator
If you aspire to become a more effective mentor, build your mentoring capacity.
Individuals working in airways and allergic disease who seek to enhance their mentoring skill-set can apply for a professional development grant of up to $2,500.
Deadline for 2024 submissions: 11 December 2023
Call for Nominations & Applications (Program Guide)
Application form: Mentorship Development Grant
AWARD WINNERS
2024 MHMA awardees – L to R: Wendy Lou, Tillie Hackett, Meghan Jones, Theo Moraes
Four exceptional members of the Canadian allergy and allergic disease research, education and advocacy communities were recognized for their excellence as mentors.
2024 MHMA Lifetime Mentoring Achievement awardee
Wendy Lou (University of Toronto)
2023 Mentoring Excellence – Investigator awardees
Tillie Hackett (University of British Columbia)
Meghan Jones (University of Manitoba)
Theo Moraes (Hospital for Sick Children; University of Toronto)
2023 MHMA awardees – L to R: Paul O’Byrne, Anne Ellis, Natalie Rodriguez, April O’Connell
Three exceptional members of the Canadian allergy and allergic disease research, education and advocacy communities were recognized for their excellence as mentors, and one was awarded a grant to support the further development of her mentoring skills.
2023 MHMA Lifetime Mentoring Achievement awardee
Paul O’Byrne (McMaster University)
2023 Mentoring Excellence – Investigator awardee
Anne Ellis (Queen’s University)
2023 Mentoring Excellence – Non-Investigator awardee
Natalie Rodriguez (Azad Lab/Children’s Hospital Research Institute in Winnipeg)
2023 MHMA Mentorship Development Grant awardee
April O’Connell (Human Resources Professionals Association & Canadian Association of Research Administrators)
2022 MHMA awardees – L to R: Teresa To, Padmaja Subbarao, Min Hyung Ryu, Joy Ramielle Lachica Santos
Three exceptional members of the Canadian allergy and allergic disease research, education and advocacy communities were recognized for their excellence as mentors, and one was awarded a grant to support the further development of her mentoring skills.
2022 MHMA Lifetime Mentoring Achievement awardee
Teresa To (The Hospital for Sick Kids)
2022 Mentoring Excellence – Investigator awardee
Padmaja Subbarao (The Hospital for Sick Kids)
2022 Mentoring Excellence – Non-Investigator awardee
Min Hyung Ryu (Harvard Medical School)
2022 MHMA Mentorship Development Grant awardee
Joy Ramielle Lachica Santos (University of Alberta)
2021 MHMA awardees – L to R: Dean Befus, Kelly McNagny, Jenny Thiele, Lori Connors
Three exceptional members of the Canadian allergy and allergic disease research, education and advocacy communities were recognized for their excellence as mentors, and one was awarded a grant to support the further development of her mentoring skills. The awards were presented on 29 October 2021 as part of the 2021 CSACI Annual Scientific Meeting.
2021 MHMA Lifetime Mentoring Achievement awardee
Dean Befus (University of Alberta)
2021 Mentoring Excellence – Investigator awardee
Kelly McNagny (The University of British Columbia)
2021 Mentoring Excellence – Non-Investigator awardee
Jenny Thiele (Queen’s University)
2021 MHMA Mentorship Development Grant awardee
Lori Connors (Dalhousie University)
2020 MHMA awardees – L to R: David Proud, Del Dorscheid, Susan Elliott, Andrew Halayko, Kyle Dine, Kozeta Miliku, Jennifer Protudjer
Six exceptional members of the Canadian allergy and allergic disease research, education and advocacy communities were recognized for their excellence as mentors, and one was awarded a grant to support the further development of her mentoring skills.
2020 MHMA Lifetime Mentoring Achievement awardee
David Proud (University of Calgary)
2020 Mentoring Excellence – Investigator awardees
Del Dorscheid (The University of British Columbia)
Susan Elliott (University of Waterloo)
Andrew Halayko (University of Manitoba)
2020 Mentoring Excellence – Non-Investigator awardees
Kyle Dine (Equal Eats/Food Allergy Canada)
Kozeta Miliku (University of Manitoba)
2020 MHMA Mentorship Development Grant awardee
Jennifer Protudjer (University of Manitoba)
2019 MHMA awardees with Harkness family members – L to R: Min Hyung Ryu (representing Dr. Chris Carlsten); Loubna Akhabir; Lianne Soller; Mary-Ellen Rayner; Kasey Harkness; Manel Jordana; Gurpreet Singhera; Glenn Harkness; Meghan Azad; Jeremy Hirota; Sue Keller-Olaman; Paige Lacy. (Not pictured: Chris Carlsten and Neeloffer Mookherjee.)
Inaugural (2019) Michelle Harkness Mentorship Awards
The inaugural Michelle Harkness Mentorship Awards were presented on January 29, 2019, during the Gala evening of AllerGen’s ninth and final Research Conference in Toronto, ON. Eight exceptional members of the AllerGen network were recognized for their excellence as mentors, and four others were awarded grants to support the development of their mentoring skills.
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2019 MHMA Lifetime Mentoring Achievement awardee
Manel Jordana (McMaster University)
2019 Mentoring Excellence – Investigator awardees
Meghan Azad (University of Manitoba)
Jeremy Hirota (McMaster University)
Paige Lacy (University of Alberta)
Christopher Carlsten (The University of British Columbia)
2019 Mentoring Excellence – Non-Investigator awardees
Loubna Akhabir (McMaster University)
John-Paul Oliveria (McMaster University)
Gurpreet Singhera (The University of British Columbia)
2019 MHMA Mentorship Development Grant awardees
Sue Keller-Olaman (Public Health Ontario)
Mary-Ellen Rayner (The Sandbox Project)
Lianne Soller(The University of British Columbia)
Neeloffer Mookherjee (University of Manitoba)
Support MHMA
Donations toward this award, for which a charitable receipt can be issued, can be made through AllerGen’s partner organization, The Sandbox Project, by:
Credit card: https://www.canadahelps.org/en/charities/the-sandbox-project/
Cheque:: Made out to “The Sandbox Project” and mailed to:The Sandbox Project, 30 Adelaide Street East, Suite #301, Toronto, ON M5C 3H1
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