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.
Martino, D, Neeland, M, Dang, T, Cobb, J, Ellis, J, Barnett, A, Tang, M, Vuillermin, P, Allen, K, Saffery, R.
Epigenetic dysregulation of naive CD4+ T-cell activation genes in childhood food allergy..
Nat Commun
9(1)
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3308
2018
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De Silva, C, Dhanapala, P, King, S, Doran, T, Tang, M, Suphioglu, C.
Immunological Comparison of Native and Recombinant Hen's Egg Yolk Allergen, Chicken Serum Albumin (Gal d 5), Produced in Kluveromyces lactis..
Nutrients
10(6)
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2018
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Lambert, KA, Prendergast, LA, Dharmage, SC, Tang, M, O'Sullivan, M, Tran, T, Druce, J, Bardin, P, Abramson, MJ, Erbas, B.
The role of human rhinovirus (HRV) species on asthma exacerbation severity in children and adolescents..
J Asthma
55(6)
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596 -602
2018
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Weissler, KA, Rasooly, M, DiMaggio, T, Bolan, H, Cantave, D, Martino, D, Neeland, MR, Tang, MLK, Dang, TD, Allen, KJ, et al.
Identification and analysis of peanut-specific effector T and regulatory T cells in children allergic and tolerant to peanut..
J Allergy Clin Immunol
141(5)
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1699 -1710.e7
2018
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