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
Lowe, A, Su, J, Tang, M, Lodge, CJ, Matheson, M, Allen, KJ, Varigos, G, Sasi, A, Cranswick, N, Hamilton, S, et al.
PEBBLES study protocol: a randomised controlled trial to prevent atopic dermatitis, food allergy and sensitisation in infants with a family history of allergic disease using a skin barrier improvement strategy..
BMJ Open
9(3)
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e024594
2019
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Lozinsky, AC, Plummer, E, Tobin, J, Uebergang, J, Axerald, C, Garland, S, Jacobs, SE, Tang, MLK.
Postnatal probiotics and allergic disease in very preterm infants: sub-study to the ProPrems randomized trial.
Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
143(2)
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ab252
2019
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Peters, RL, Koplin, JJ, Dharmage, SC, Tang, MLK, McWilliam, VL, Gurrin, LC, Neeland, MR, Lowe, AJ, Ponsonby, A-L, Allen, KJ.
Early Exposure to Cow's Milk Protein Is Associated with a Reduced Risk of Cow's Milk Allergic Outcomes..
J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract
7(2)
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462 -470.e1
2019
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Zurzolo, GA, Allen, KJ, Peters, RL, Dharmage, SC, Tang, MLK, Said, M, Field, MJ, de Courten, M, Mathai, ML, Campbell, DE.
Self-reported anaphylaxis to packaged foods in Australia..
J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract
7(2)
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687 -689
2019
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Suaini, NHA, Koplin, JJ, Peters, RL, Sasaki, M, Ellis, JA, Martino, DJ, Lowe, AJ, Tang, MLK, Ponsonby, A-L, Gurrin, LC, et al.
Children with East Asian-Born Parents Have an Increased Risk of Allergy but May Not Have More Asthma in Early Childhood..
J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract
7(2)
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539 -547.e3
2019
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