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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 the Allergy Immunology Research Group and Director of the Allergy Translation Centre at Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Professorial Fellow at 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 of experience in the investigation of basic immunological mechanisms underlying allergic disease pathogenesis and more than 15 years of 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 clinical 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 the 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 the Allergy Immunology Research Group and Director of the Allergy Translation Centre at Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Professorial Fellow at 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 of experience in the investigation of basic immunological mechanisms underlying allergic disease pathogenesis and more than 15 years of 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 clinical 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

  • Neeland, MR, Andorf, S, Manohar, M, Dunham, D, Lyu, S-C, Dang, TD, Peters, RL, Perrett, KP, Tang, MLK, Saffery, R, et al. Mass cytometry reveals cellular fingerprint associated with IgE+ peanut tolerance and allergy in early life.. Nat Commun 11(1) : 1091 2020
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  • Tang, MLK, Lozinsky, AC, Loke, P. Peanut Oral Immunotherapy: State of the Art.. Immunol Allergy Clin North Am 40(1) : 97 -110 2020
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  • Loughman, A, Ponsonby, A-L, O'Hely, M, Symeonides, C, Collier, F, Tang, MLK, Carlin, J, Ranganathan, S, Allen, K, Pezic, A, et al. Gut microbiota composition during infancy and subsequent behavioural outcomes.. EBioMedicine 52: 102640 2020
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  • Ansotegui, IJ, Melioli, G, Canonica, GW, Caraballo, L, Villa, E, Ebisawa, M, Passalacqua, G, Savi, E, Ebo, D, Gómez, RM, et al. IgE allergy diagnostics and other relevant tests in allergy, a World Allergy Organization position paper.. World Allergy Organ J 13(2) : 100080 2020
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  • Loke, P, Lozinsky, AC, Orsini, F, O'Sullivan, M, Axelrad, C, Fahy-Scheer, S, Metcalfe, J, Tey, D, Robinson, M, Su, E-L, et al. The Efficacy and Safety of Probiotic and Peanut Oral Immunotherapy for inducing Desensitization and Sustained Unresponsiveness: Results from a Phase 2b Multi-center Randomized Trial (PPOIT-003). Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology 145(2) : ab335 2020
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