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
Collier, F, Ponsonby, A, 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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Sasaki, M, Peters, RL, Koplin, JJ, Lowe, AJ, Ponsonby, A-L, Tang, MLK, Dharmage, SC, Allen, KJ.
Food allergy at 1 year predicts persistence of eczema at 6 years.
The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology In Practice
7(6)
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2078 -2081.e6
2019
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Li, S, Morita, H, Sokolowska, M, Tan, G, Boonpiyathad, T, Opitz, L, Orimo, K, Archer, SK, Jansen, K, Tang, MLK, et al.
Gene expression signatures of circulating human type 1, 2, and 3 innate lymphoid cells.
Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
143(6)
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2321 -2325
2019
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Hameed, R, Peters, RL, Field, MJ, Koplin, JJ, Dharmage, SC, Allen, KJ.
Self-reported asthma prevalence and control in a population-based cohort of Australian school students aged 10–14 years.
Archives of Disease in Childhood
104(6)
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612
2019
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Neeland, MR, Martino, DJ, Dang, TD, Koplin, JJ, Peters, RL, Grishin, A, Dharmage, SC, Tang, ML, Sampson, HA, Saffery, R, et al.
B‐cell phenotype and function in infants with egg allergy.
Allergy
74(5)
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1022 -1025
2019
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