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.
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Picard, C, Bobby Gaspar, H, Al-Herz, W, Bousfiha, A, Casanova, J-L, Chatila, T, Crow, YJ, Cunningham-Rundles, C, Etzioni, A, Franco, JL, et al.
International Union of Immunological Societies: 2017 Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases Committee Report on Inborn Errors of Immunity..
J Clin Immunol
38(1)
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96 -128
2018
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Lowe, AJ, Su, JC, Allen, KJ, Abramson, MJ, Cranswick, N, Robertson, CF, Forster, D, Varigos, G, Hamilton, S, Kennedy, R, et al.
A randomized trial of a barrier lipid replacement strategy for the prevention of atopic dermatitis and allergic sensitization: the PEBBLES pilot study..
Br J Dermatol
178(1)
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e19 -e21
2018
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Binks, MJ, Moberley, SA, Balloch, A, Leach, AJ, Nelson, S, Hare, KM, Wilson, C, Nelson, J, Morris, PS, Ware, RS, et al.
Impact of the 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccination in pregnancy against infant acute lower respiratory infections in the Northern Territory of Australia..
Pneumonia (Nathan)
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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..
J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract
6(2)
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506 -513.e11
2018
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McCloskey, K, De Livera, AM, Collier, F, Ponsonby, A-L, Carlin, JB, Vuillermin, P, Mellett, NA, Jayawardana, K, Weir, JM, Blangero, J, et al.
Gestational Age and the Cord Blood Lipidomic Profile in Late Preterm and Term Infants..
Neonatology
114(3)
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215 -222
2018
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