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
Sominsky, L, O'Hely, M, Drummond, K, Cao, S, Collier, F, Dhar, P, Loughman, A, Dawson, S, Tang, ML, Mansell, T, et al.
Pre-pregnancy obesity is associated with greater systemic inflammation and increased risk of antenatal depression..
Brain Behav Immun
113:
189 -202
2023
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Gao, Y, Stokholm, J, O'Hely, M, Ponsonby, A-L, Tang, MLK, Ranganathan, S, Saffery, R, Harrison, LC, Collier, F, Gray, L, et al.
Gut microbiota maturity mediates the protective effect of siblings on food allergy..
J Allergy Clin Immunol
152(3)
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667 -675
2023
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Chang, C-L, Ali, GB, Pham, J, Dharmage, SC, Lodge, CJ, Tang, MLK, Lowe, AJ.
Childhood body mass index trajectories and asthma and allergies: A systematic review..
Clin Exp Allergy
53(9)
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911 -929
2023
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Peters, RL, Soriano, VX, Lycett, K, Flynn, C, Idrose, NS, Tang, MLK, Wijesuriya, R, Allen, KJ, Ranganathan, S, Lowe, AJ, et al.
Infant food allergy phenotypes and association with lung function deficits and asthma at age 6 years: a population-based, prospective cohort study in Australia..
Lancet Child Adolesc Health
7(9)
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636 -647
2023
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Shanthikumar, S, Chen, K, Soriano, VX, Nguyen, L, Koplin, JJ, Tang, MLK, Lowe, AJ, Lodge, CJ, Idrose, NS, Ranganathan, S, et al.
Comparing definitions of bronchodilator response in a population-based cohort of 6-year-old children..
Pediatr Pulmonol
58(8)
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2411 -2414
2023
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