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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

  • Sugeng, EJ, Symeonides, C, O'Hely, M, Vuillermin, P, Sly, PD, Vijayasarathy, S, Thompson, K, Pezic, A, Mueller, JF, Ponsonby, A-L, et al. Predictors with regard to ingestion, inhalation and dermal absorption of estimated phthalate daily intakes in pregnant women: The Barwon infant study. Environment International 139: 105700 2020
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  • Gray, L, Hasebe, K, O’Hely, M, Ponsonby, A-L, Vuillermin, P, Collier, F. Rapid PCR identification of Prevotella copri in an Australian cohort of pregnant women. Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease 11(3) : 228 -234 2020
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  • Scott, KP, Grimaldi, R, Cunningham, M, Sarbini, SR, Wijeyesekera, A, Tang, MLK, Lee, JC, Yau, YF, Ansell, J, Theis, S, et al. Developments in understanding and applying prebiotics in research and practice—an ISAPP conference paper. Journal of Applied Microbiology 128(4) : 934 -949 2020
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  • Mansell, T, Ponsonby, A-L, Collier, F, Burgner, D, Pezic, A, Vuillermin, P, Ryan, J, Saffery, R. Methylation of the LEP gene promoter in blood at 12 months and BMI at 4 years of age—a population-based cohort study. International Journal of Obesity 44(4) : 842 -847 2020
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  • Senn, E, Symeonides, C, Vuillermin, P, Ponsonby, A, Group, TBISI. Early life microbial exposure, child neurocognition and behaviour at 2 years of age: A birth cohort study. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health 56(4) : 590 -599 2020
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