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Role Group Leader/DirectorAllergy Translation
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

  • Sasaki, M, Peters, RL, Koplin, JJ, Field, MJ, McWilliam, V, Sawyer, SM, Vuillermin, PJ, Pezic, A, Gurrin, LC, Douglass, JA, et al. Risk Factors for Food Allergy in Early Adolescence: The SchoolNuts Study. The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology In Practice 6(2) : 496 -505 2018
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  • Peters, RL, Koplin, JJ, Allen, KJ, Lowe, AJ, Lodge, CJ, Tang, MLK, Wake, M, Ponsonby, A-L, Erbas, B, Abramson, MJ, et al. The Prevalence of Food Sensitization Appears Not to Have Changed between 2 Melbourne Cohorts of High-Risk Infants Recruited 15 Years Apart. The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology In Practice 6(2) : 440 -448.e2 2018
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  • McWilliam, VL, Koplin, JJ, Field, MJ, Sasaki, M, Dharmage, SC, Tang, MLK, Sawyer, SM, Peters, RL, Allen, KJ, investigators, S. Self-reported adverse food reactions and anaphylaxis in the SchoolNuts study: A population-based study of adolescents. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology 141(3) : 982 -990 2018
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  • Tang, MLK, Koplin, JJ, Sampson, HA. Is Skin Testing or sIgE Testing Necessary Before Early Introduction of Peanut for Prevention of Peanut Allergy?. The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology In Practice 6(2) : 408 -413 2018
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  • DunnGalvin, A, Polloni, L, Le Bovidge, J, Muraro, A, Greenhawt, M, Taylor, S, Baumert, J, Burks, W, Trace, A, DunnGalvin, G, et al. Preliminary Development of the Food Allergy Coping and Emotions Questionnaires for Children, Adolescents, and Young People: Qualitative Analysis of Data on IgE-Mediated Food Allergy from Five Countries. The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology In Practice 6(2) : 506 -513.e11 2018
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