Who is Clement?
Director of International Affiliations for Save Lives Foundation (non-profit, non-governmental organization based in Nigeria) (2014-present); an organization that focused on improving the health care system in Nigeria and other African countries. Clement previously served as the President of the Student Union Government at the Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science in Los Angeles. Mr. Aroh began his higher education in University of Nigeria, Enugu campus before moving to Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science, where he received his Bachelor of Science in Life Sciences and Health (Biomedical Sciences Concentration), and graduated magna cum laude in 2014. He is currently a medical student (candidate for Doctor of Medicine (MD) degree 2021) at the Medical University of the Americas, Nevis island.
His leadership and advocacy as a Student Union Government President at the Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science brought a lot of transformations in the areas of administrative accountability and educational improvements for students’ academic success.
His research interests cut across Breast cancer, Colorectal cancer, Wound healing, Stem Cell Regenerative Cures, Maternal and Child health, Public Health, and Advocacy; to improve health and education especially in the underrepresented populations in health care in the United States.
Mr. Aroh was a Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Undergraduate Public Health Scholar (CUPS Scholar), (2015), Maternal and Child Health Careers/ Research Initiative Students Enhancement-Undergraduate Program Scholar (MCHC/RISE-UP Scholar), (2015) at the Kennedy Krieger Institute of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Stem Cell Bridges Scholar for the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM), (2015), and 1st Prize Award Winner for the Medical Research Presentation 2018 at the Medical University of the Americas, Nevis island.
His leadership, academic performance and scholarly research have attracted numerous scholarships and other accolades.
He has presented a number of research abstracts at conferences, published and coauthored scholarly research articles including: Constitutive Activation of STAT3 Signaling Regulates hTERT and Promotes Stem Cell-Like Traits in Human Breast Cancer Cells (2013), An Idea Whose Time Has Come: The Need for Increased Diversity in Medical Practice and Education (Western Journal Black Studies, Vol. 38(1) 2014), Identification of Novel Biomarkers for Metastatic Colorectal Cancer Using Angiogenesis-Antibody Array and Intracellular Signaling Array (2015), and Fluoxetine as a Potential Therapeutic Target for Mesenchymal Stem Cells-Mediated Improvement of Wound Healing (Abstract: Wound Healing Society of America, 2017).