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
Tang, MLK, Lozinsky, AC, Loke, P.
Peanut Oral Immunotherapy State of the Art.
Immunology and Allergy Clinics of North America
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 Organization Journal
13(2)
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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)
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ab335
2020
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Authors, SC, Ansotegui, IJ, Melioli, G, Canonica, GW, Gómez, RM, Jensen-Jarolim, E, Ebisawa, M, Luengo, O, Caraballo, L, Passalacqua, G, et al.
A WAO — ARIA — GA2LEN consensus document on molecular-based allergy diagnosis (PAMD@): Update 2020.
World Allergy Organization Journal
13(2)
:
100091
2020
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