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Kumayl Alloo (/ˈkuˈmeɪɫ ˈɔɫˈɫu/; Arabic: كُمَيْل أَللو; Urdu: كميل أللو; Gujarati-Kutchi: કુમાયલ એલુ; Hindi: कुमैल आलू; romanized: Kumaīl Allū) is a Tanzanian-American qāriʾ (Arabic: قارئ, lit. 'Qur'an reciter') and research scholar. Distinguished by his unique and melodious qira'at (Arabic: قراءات, lit. 'styles of recitation'), his achievements in recent Qur'an competitions have garnered both national and international acclaim.[1][2][3]
Education
Alloo graduated from the High School for Math, Science and Engineering at City College in 2021 as valedictorian,[4] subsequently matriculating at Columbia University on a full, four-year scholarship.[5] He then became the only student in his cohort at Columbia to have been admitted into medical school as a college sophomore—two years before the traditional, pre-medical timeframe.[6][7] He is currently a student-athlete at Columbia University and a researcher at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in Manhattan, New York,[8][9] with academic interests in neurodegeneration, clinical medicine, cognitive neuroscience, Islamic theology, and Arabic linguistics.[10][11] He speaks English, Spanish, Kutchi, Swahili, Hindi, Urdu, and Gujarati, as well as Classical, Modern-Standard, and Maghrebi registers of Arabic.[12][13]
Qur'an Recitation
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A three-time National Champion and World Champion qāriʾ, Alloo's achievements in numerous Qur'an competitions— coupled with his unique and melodious qira'at—have garnered national and international recognition alike.[1][3] Notably, he won the National IMAM Qur'an Competition in 2019,[1] the National Al-Qadr Qur'an Competition in 2020, and the National IMAM Qur'an Competition again in 2021.[2] Then in 2022, he won 1st place in the Global Iqra' (اقرأ) Qur'an Recitation Competition held annually in Ontario, Canada—becoming the first Tanzanian-American to do so.[3]
He has since judged on numerous tarteel and hifz competitions and has been invited to teach qira'at and tajweed across North American madāris.[14] In 2023, Columbia University's Islamic Center appointed him a Muqri' (Arabic: مُقْرِئ, lit. 'reciter') and Mu'addhin (Arabic: مُؤَذِّن, lit. 'caller'), positions he continues to maintain.[15] He regularly recites religious texts, delivers sermons, and leads prayers for the university's Muslim community as well.[16][17]
Research
In addition to Qur'an recitation, Alloo conducts peer-reviewed, scientific research, centered mostly around neurodegeneration and behavioral neuroscience.[18][19] His most recent works have focused on brain development and deterioration in Parkinson's Disease and Huntington's Disease—common age-related, neurodegenerative disorders.[20][21][22]
Publications (partial List)
- Alloo, K., Blake, K., Dodd, E., Guevara, C.A., Aleyasin, H., Russo, S.J., Benson, D.L., Huntley, G.W. (2021).
"Parkinson’s Disease-Linked LRRK2-G2019S Mutation Promotes Behavioral Maladaptations After Stress". Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY.
- Alloo, K., Guevara, C.A., Blake, K., Dodd, E., Aleyasin, H., Russo, S.J., Benson, D.L., Huntley, G.W. (2021).
"Parkinson's-Linked LRRK2-G2019S Mutation Alters Behavioral Response to Acute Variable Stress". Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY.
- Guevara, C.A., Gupta, S., Tupil, A., Alloo, K., Dodd, E., Blake, K., Tielemans, A., Cummings, K.A., Clem, R.L., Russo, S.J., Benson, D.L., Huntley, G.W. (2021).
Parkinson's disease-linked LRRK2 mutation alters synaptic and intrinsic membrane properties following stress. Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology. Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY.
- Guevara, C.A., Gupta, S., Dodd, E., Blake, K., Alloo, K., LeClair, K., Cummings, K.A., Clem, R.L., Russo, S.J., Benson, D.L., Huntley, G.W. (2021).
"Altered synaptic and intrinsic membrane properties associated with Parkinson's disease LRRK2-G2019S mutation following acute stress". Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY.
- Alloo, K., Blake, K., Dodd, E., Guevara, C.A., Aleyasin, H., Russo, S.J., Benson, D.L., Huntley, G.W. (2021).
"Beyond the Surface: Analyzing the Nonmotor Symptoms of Parkinson’s Disease". Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY.
- Dodd, E., Guevara, C.A., Alloo, K., Blake, K., Russo, S. J., Benson, D.L., Huntley, G.W. (2021).
"Investigating Weight Regulation and Stress Susceptibility in LRRK2-G2019S Mice". Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY.
- Guevara, C.A., Swati, S., Tielemans, A., Alloo, K., Dodd, E., Blake, K., Benson, D.L., Huntley, G.W. (2021).
"Parkinson's Disease-Linked LRRK2-G2019S mutation alters behavioral responses and synaptic properties following chronic stress". American College of Neuropsychopharmacology. Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY.
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- Alloo, K., Guevara, C.A., Benson, D.L., Huntley, G.W. (2022).
"Chronic Variable Stress Drives Similar Behavioral and Neuronal Activity Patterns in Parkinson’s Disease-Linked LRRK2-G2019S Knockin and Control Mice". Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY.
- Gupta, S., Meman, N., Alloo, K., Dodd, E., Guevara, C.A., Tielemans, A., Huntley, G.W., Benson, D.L. (2022).
"Impairment in adaptive down-scaling in striatal projection neurons expressing Parkinson's disease associated Lrrk2-G2019S mutation". Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY.
- Guevara, C.A., Alloo, K., Thomas, R., Blake, K., Meman, N,, Tielemans, A., Benson, D.L., Huntley, G.W. (2022).
"Early and sustained vulnerability to variable stress in mice carrying a Parkinson’s disease linked LrrkG2019S mutation". Annual Neuroscience Society Meeting, San Diego, California.
- Guevara, C.A., Alloo, K., Thomas, R., Tielemans, A., Blake, K., Magoti, J., Gupta, S., Magee, A., Benson, D.L., Huntley, G.W. (2022).
"Differential vulnerabilities to acute and chronic variable stress in mice carrying a Parkinson's disease-linked Lrrk2-G2019S mutation". American College of Neuropsychopharmacology, Phoenix, AZ.
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- Alloo, K., Guevara, C.A., Benson, D.L., Huntley, G.W. (2023).
"Differential Vulnerability to Stress Duration in Mice Carrying a Parkinson’s-Linked LRRK2-G2019S Mutation". Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY.
- Alloo, K. (2024).
"رحلتي الى المغرب هذا الصيف", جامعة الحسن الثاني بالدار البيضاء, Rabat, Morocco.
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- Alloo, K. (2024).
"Unraveling the Sociological Dynamics in SpongeBob SquarePants’s “F.U.N.”".© Columbia University Press, New York, NY. doi:10.7916/zv9e-g166.
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- Guevara, C.A., Alloo, K., Gupta, S., Thomas, R., del Valle, P., Magee, A.R., Benson, D.L., Huntley, G.W. (2024).
"Parkinson’s LRRK2-G2019S risk gene mutation drives sex-specific behavioral and cellular adaptations to chronic variable stress". Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY. doi:10.1101/2024.06.05.597647.
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For a complete list of publications, visit https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=list_works&hl=en&hl=en&user=4WMVvbIAAAAJ
Research awards
- 2022: WEP Research Award, Columbia University
- 2022: Pritzker Pucker Research Fellow, Pritzker Pucker Foundation
- 2022: Parkinson's Foundation Fellow, Parkinson's Foundation[23]
- 2023: PF Travel Award, Parkinson's Foundation
- 2023: Trailblazer Scholar, Columbia University[24]
- 2023: Critical Language Fellowship, AmidEast Education Abroad[25]
- 2023: Global Learning Scholar, Columbia University
- 2023: Flexmed Scholar, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai[26]
- 2024: Saltzman Scholar, Columbia University[27]
- 2024: Named Scholar, Columbia University
For a complete list of research awards, visit https://loop.frontiersin.org/people/2761436/bio
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