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
Tham, R, Erbas, B, Dharmage, SC, Tang, ML, Aldakheel, F, Lodge, CJ, Thomas, PS, Taylor, PE, Abramson, MJ, Lowe, AJ.
Outdoor fungal spores and acute respiratory effects in vulnerable individuals..
Environ Res
178:
108675
2019
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Hossny, E, Ebisawa, M, El-Gamal, Y, Arasi, S, Dahdah, L, El-Owaidy, R, Galvan, CA, Lee, BW, Levin, M, Martinez, S, et al.
Challenges of managing food allergy in the developing world..
World Allergy Organ J
12(11)
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100089
2019
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Dawson, SL, Craig, JM, Clarke, G, Mohebbi, M, Dawson, P, Tang, ML, Jacka, FN.
Targeting the Infant Gut Microbiota Through a Perinatal Educational Dietary Intervention: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial..
JMIR Res Protoc
8(10)
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e14771
2019
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Collier, F, Ponsonby, A-L, O'Hely, M, Tang, MLK, Saffery, R, Molloy, J, Gray, LE, Ranganathan, S, Burgner, D, Allen, KJ, et al.
Naïve regulatory T cells in infancy: Associations with perinatal factors and development of food allergy..
Allergy
74(9)
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1760 -1768
2019
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Hu, M, Eviston, D, Hsu, P, Mariño, E, Chidgey, A, Santner-Nanan, B, Wong, K, Richards, JL, Yap, YA, Collier, F, et al.
Decreased maternal serum acetate and impaired fetal thymic and regulatory T cell development in preeclampsia..
Nat Commun
10(1)
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3031
2019
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