Clement Adebamowo
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|nationality = Nigerian
|fields = Epidemiology
|workplaces = Institute of Human Virology, West African College of Surgeons
|alma_mater = University of Jos, Nigeria
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|known_for = Work on non-communicable diseases epidemiology and AIDS-associated malignancies
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Clement Adebamowo is a Nigerian academic, epidemologist, medical and public health researcher.{{Cite web |title=Researcher - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms |url=https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/researcher |access-date=2022-04-27 |website=Vocabulary.com |language=en-US}} He is a professor of Epidemiology and Public Health who currently serves as Director of Global Health Cancer Research at the University of Maryland School of Medicine.{{cite web |title=Adebamowo, Clement {{!}} University of Maryland School of Medicine |url=https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/profiles/Adebamowo-Clement/ |website=medschool.umaryland.edu |publisher=University of Maryland |access-date=9 January 2021 |language=en}} {{Cite web |title=Dr. Clement Adebamowo – H3Africa |url=https://h3africa.org/index.php/about/founding-working-group/dr-clement-adebamowo/ |access-date=2022-04-28 |language=en-US}}
He is known for his research work in cancer epidemiology, nutrition, epidemiology, and research ethics, particularly in low resource and under-served in Africa.{{cite news |author= |title=COVID-19 May Impact on Cancer Occurrence|url=https://tribuneonlineng.com/covid-19-may-impact-on-cancer-occurrence-%E2%80%95-don/ |work=The Nigerian Tribune |date=2020-11-10 |access-date=2021-01-27}}
Education
Adebamowo graduated from the University of Jos, Nigeria,{{cite web |title=Dr. Clement Adebamowo |url=https://h3africa.org/index.php/about/founding-working-group/dr-clement-adebamowo/ |website=H3Africa |publisher=Human Heredity and Health in Africa (H3Africa) consortium |access-date=9 January 2021}} having earned BM ChB Hons and a distinction at every examination. He trained in Surgery and Oncology at University College, Ibadan, Nigeria, and studied epidemiology and biostatistics at Harvard University, where he earned a Doctor of Science (ScD).{{Cite web|url=https://www.umms.org/umgccc/news/2018/umsom-human-virology-expert-named-fellow-american-society-clinical-oncology|title=UM SOM Cancer Expert at Institute of Human Virology Named Fellow of American Society of Clinical Oncology|website=umms.org|language=en|access-date=2021-01-27}}{{Cite web |title=Adebamowo, Clement {{!}} University of Maryland School of Medicine |url=https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/profiles/Adebamowo-Clement/ |access-date=2022-04-28 |website=www.medschool.umaryland.edu |language=en}}
Scientific work
Adebamowo has published more than 80 scientific articles.{{cite web |url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=%22Adebamowo%20C%22%5BAuthor%5D |title=Search for Clement Adebamowo's publications |publisher=PubMed}}{{cite web | title=Clement Adebamowo | website=Google Scholar | url=https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=7U1O8X4AAAAJ | access-date=2025-01-05}} His research interests are non-communicable disease epidemiology, cancer epidemiology, AIDS-associated malignancies, and Bioethics.{{cite journal |pmid=21527446 |year=2011 |last1=Dalal |first1=Shona |last2=Beunza |first2=Juan Jose |last3=Volmink |first3=Jimmy |last4=Adebamowo |first4=Clement |last5=Bajunirwe |first5=Francis |last6=Njelekela |first6=Marina |last7=Mozaffarian |first7=Dariush |last8=Fawzi |first8=Wafaie |last9=Willett |first9=Walter | display-authors = 8|title=Non-communicable diseases in sub-Saharan Africa: what we know now |volume=40 |issue=4 |pages=885–901 |doi=10.1093/ije/dyr050 |journal=International Journal of Epidemiology|doi-access=free }}{{cite journal |pmid=19535980 |year=2009 |last1=Akinwande |first1=Oluyemisi |last2=Ogundiran |first2=Temidayo |last3=Akarolo-Anthony |first3=Sally |last4=Mamadu |first4=Ibrahim |last5=Dakum |first5=Patrick |last6=Blattner |first6=William |last7=Adebamowo |first7=Clement |title=Challenges in treating malignancies in HIV in Nigeria |volume=21 |issue=5 |pages=455–61 |doi=10.1097/CCO.0b013e32832e6385 |pmc=2864633 |journal=Current Opinion in Oncology}}
He worked on community engagement and sample collection as part of the International HapMap Project, and, along with Charles Rotimi, is one of the principal investigators responsible for the HapMap and 1000 Genomes Project work with the "Yoruba in Ibadan, Nigeria" population.{{cite web |title=Yoruba in Ibadan, Nigeria [YRI] |url=https://catalog.coriell.org/1/NHGRI/Collections/HapMap-Collections/Yoruba-in-Ibadan-Nigeria-YRI |website=catalog.coriell.org |publisher=Coriell Institute for Medical Research |access-date=9 January 2021}}{{cite web |last1=Adebamowo |first1=Clement |title=Clement A. Adebamowo |url=https://bioethicscenter.net/portfolio-items/clement-a-adebamowo/ |website=Center for Bioethics and Research |access-date=9 January 2021}}
Positions held
In addition to his role as professor of epidemiology & public health and director for global health cancer research at the University of Maryland, Baltimore. Adebamowo holds a number of journal editorships. He is editor in chief of Bioethics Online Journal (BeOnline),as well as of Cancer in Africa Online Journal (CIAO), and associate editor of Frontiers in Oncology.{{cite web | title=Frontiers in Oncology | website=Frontiers | date=2021-10-05 | url=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/oncology#editorial-board | access-date=2025-01-05}}{{cite web | title=Dr. Clement Adebamowo – H3Africa | website=H3Africa – Human Heredity & Health in Africa | date=2019-12-12 | url=https://h3africa.org/index.php/about/founding-working-group/dr-clement-adebamowo/ | access-date=2025-01-05}}
He is also:
- President of the Society of Oncology and Cancer Research of Nigeria{{Cite web|url=http://www.socron.net/socron/|title=Society of Oncology and Cancer Research of Nigeria (SOCRON)|website=socron.net|language=en|access-date=2017-10-20}}
- Director of the Center for Bioethics, Nigeria {{Cite web|url=https://www.fic.nih.gov/News/GlobalHealthMatters/nov-dec-2011/Pages/bioethics-nigeria.aspx|title=Bioethics takes root in Nigeria - Fogarty International Center @ NIH|website=www.fic.nih.gov|language=en|access-date=2021-02-19}}
- Director of the West African Framework Program on Global Health{{cite web | title=Prof. Clement A. Adebamowo | website=IHV NIGERIA.org | date=2024-12-23 | url=https://ww.ihvnigeria.org/team-member/prof-clement-a-adebamowo/ | access-date=2025-01-05}}
- Chair of the International Affairs Committee of the American Society of Clinical Oncology{{Cite web|url=https://connection.asco.org/blogs/international-affairs|title=International Affairs ASCO Connection|website=connection.asco.org|date=3 September 2010|language=en|access-date=2021-02-19}}
- Country PI of Africa/Harvard School of Public Health Partnership for Cohort Research and Training
- Senior Research Fellow, International Prevention Research Institute[http://www.i-pri.org/Faculty/Senior-Research-Fellows Clement Adebamowo's Biosketch on the iPRI website] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120324182320/http://www.i-pri.org/Faculty/Senior-Research-Fellows |date=24 March 2012 }}
- Director of Office of Strategic Information, Research and Training, Institute of Human Virology, Nigeria
- Chairman of the National Health Research Ethics Committee of Nigeria{{cite journal |pmid=24324978 |year=2013 |last1=Yakubu |first1=Aminu |last2=Adebamowo |first2= Clement A.|title=Implementing National System of Health Research Ethics Regulations: The Nigerian Experience |volume=1 |issue=1 |pages=4–15|journal=BEOnline|pmc=3855243 }}
Awards and honors
Adebamowo holds a number of honors and memberships in societies:
- Fellow of the West African College of Surgeons{{Cite web|url=https://www.wacscoac.org/index.php/about-us/fellows-list|title=West African College of Surgeons Fellows List|website=wacscoac.org/|language=en|access-date=2021-02-12}}
- Fellow of the American College of Surgeons{{Cite web|url=https://www.facs.org/profile/51744005|title=Adebayo Clement Adebamowo|website=facs.org|language=en|access-date=2021-02-12}}
- Convener of the Nigerian Research Consortium{{Cite web|url=https://h3africa.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/2012_H3Africa_Consortium_meeting_report-03082013.pdf|title=2012_H3Africa_Consortium_meeting_report-03082013.pdf|website=h3africa.org|language=en|access-date=2021-02-12}}
- Fellow of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)
- Honorary Professor, University of Dundee, UK
- Member of the Expert Advisory Panel on Clinical Practice Guidelines and Research Methods and Ethics of the World Health Organization (WHO){{cite web|url=http://archive.sph.harvard.edu/breastandhealth/biographies/all/clement-adebamowo.html|title=Dr. Clement Adebamowo|publisher=Harvard School of Public Health|access-date=2021-07-15}}
References
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External links
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- [https://adebamowo.com/ Dr. Clement Adebamowo's website]
- [https://bioethicscenter.net/ Center for Bioethics and Research homepage]
- [http://ihvnigeria.org Institute of Human Virology homepage]
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Category:University of Jos alumni
Category:University of Ibadan alumni
Category:Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health alumni