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Role Group Leader/DirectorAllergy Translation
Professor Mimi Tang is an immunologist allergist with an established international profile in the field of allergic disorders - she is considered a leading expert in food oral immunotherapy. She is Head of Allergy Immunology Research Group and Director of the Allergy Translation Centre at Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Professorial Fellow in the University of Melbourne Department of Paediatrics and Consultant Immunologist Allergist at Melbourne's Royal Children’s Hospital. Professor Tang has more than 25 years’ experience in the investigation of basic immunological mechanisms underlying allergic disease pathogenesis, and more than 15 years clinical trials experience. Professor Tang also collaborates on a number of longitudinal cohort studies including the Barwon Infant Study, HealthNuts and SchoolNuts and on the VITALITY clincal trial, and is a key leader within the NHMRC-funded CFAR CRE (Centre for Food and Allergy Research - a collaboration of experts in children’s food allergy and food-related immune disorders. CFAR uses the latest approaches in epidemiology, immunology, paediatrics, nutrition, gastroenterology and biostatistics to investigate factors that cause, prevent and improve food allergies and aims to eradicate food allergy through improved prevention and cure, supported by evidence generated by a collaborative network of research; additional aim is to improve management of food allergy through public health policy and clinical pathways.
Professor Mimi Tang is an immunologist allergist with an established international profile in the field of allergic disorders - she is considered a leading expert in food oral immunotherapy. She is Head of Allergy Immunology Research Group and...
Professor Mimi Tang is an immunologist allergist with an established international profile in the field of allergic disorders - she is considered a leading expert in food oral immunotherapy. She is Head of Allergy Immunology Research Group and Director of the Allergy Translation Centre at Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Professorial Fellow in the University of Melbourne Department of Paediatrics and Consultant Immunologist Allergist at Melbourne's Royal Children’s Hospital. Professor Tang has more than 25 years’ experience in the investigation of basic immunological mechanisms underlying allergic disease pathogenesis, and more than 15 years clinical trials experience. Professor Tang also collaborates on a number of longitudinal cohort studies including the Barwon Infant Study, HealthNuts and SchoolNuts and on the VITALITY clincal trial, and is a key leader within the NHMRC-funded CFAR CRE (Centre for Food and Allergy Research - a collaboration of experts in children’s food allergy and food-related immune disorders. CFAR uses the latest approaches in epidemiology, immunology, paediatrics, nutrition, gastroenterology and biostatistics to investigate factors that cause, prevent and improve food allergies and aims to eradicate food allergy through improved prevention and cure, supported by evidence generated by a collaborative network of research; additional aim is to improve management of food allergy through public health policy and clinical pathways.

Top Publications

  • Greenhawt, M, Shaker, M, Stukus, DR, Fleischer, DM, Hourihane, J, Tang, MLK, Abrams, EM, Wang, J, Bingemann, TA, Chan, ES, et al. Managing Food Allergy in Schools During the COVID-19 Pandemic. The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology In Practice 8(9) : 2845 -2850 2020
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  • Vlahos, A, Mansell, T, Burgner, D, Collier, F, Novakovic, B, Saffery, R, Team, BISI, Vuillermin, P, Collier, F, Ponsonby, A-L, et al. Determinants of placental leptin receptor gene expression and association with measures at birth. Placenta 100(J. Hum. Hypertens. 19 5 2005) : 89 -95 2020
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  • Lozinsky, AC, Loke, P, Orsini, F, O’Sullivan, M, Prescott, SL, Gold, MS, Quinn, P, DunnGalvin, A, Tang, ML, Ponsoby, A-L, et al. Study protocol of a multicentre, randomised, controlled trial evaluating the effectiveness of probiotic and peanut oral immunotherapy (PPOIT) in inducing desensitisation or tolerance in children with peanut allergy compared with oral immunotherapy (OIT) alone and with placebo (the PPOIT-003 study). BMJ Open 10(9) : e035871 2020
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  • Ponsonby, A-L, Symeonides, C, Saffery, R, Mueller, JF, O’Hely, M, Sly, PD, Wardrop, N, Pezic, A, Mansell, T, Collier, F, et al. Prenatal phthalate exposure, oxidative stress-related genetic vulnerability and early life neurodevelopment: A birth cohort study. NeuroToxicology 80: 20 -28 2020
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  • Ellul, S, Ponsonby, A-L, Carlin, JB, Collier, F, Mansell, T, Vuillermin, P, Burgner, D, Saffery, R. Sex differences in infant blood metabolite profile in association with weight and adiposity measures. Pediatric Research 88(3) : 473 -483 2020
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