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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

  • Mehr, S, Frith, K, Barnes, EH, Campbell, DE, Group, FS, Allen, K, Barnes, E, Campbell, DE, Frith, K, Gold, M, et al. Food protein–induced enterocolitis syndrome in Australia: A population-based study, 2012-2014. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology 140(5) : 1323 -1330 2017
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  • Jacobs, SE, Hickey, L, Donath, S, Opie, GF, Anderson, PJ, Garland, SM, Cheong, JLY, Jacobs, Hickey, L, Opie, G, et al. Probiotics, prematurity and neurodevelopment: follow-up of a randomised trial. BMJ Paediatrics Open 1(1) : e000176 2017
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  • Anderson, H, Vuillermin, P, Jachno, K, Allen, KJ, Tang, ML, Collier, F, Kemp, A, Ponsonby, A, Burgner, D, Group, OBOTBISI. Prevalence and determinants of antibiotic exposure in infants: A population‐derived Australian birth cohort study. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health 53(10) : 942 -949 2017
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  • Hsiao, K-C, Ponsonby, A-L, Axelrad, C, Pitkin, S, Tang, MLK, Team, PS, Burks, W, Donath, S, Orsini, F, Tey, D, et al. Long-term clinical and immunological effects of probiotic and peanut oral immunotherapy after treatment cessation: 4-year follow-up of a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health 1(2) : 97 -105 2017
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  • Sullivan, KE, Bassiri, H, Bousfiha, AA, Costa-Carvalho, BT, Freeman, AF, Hagin, D, Lau, YL, Lionakis, MS, Moreira, I, Pinto, JA, et al. Erratum to: Emerging Infections and Pertinent Infections Related to Travel for Patients with Primary Immunodeficiencies. Journal of Clinical Immunology 37(7) : 693 -694 2017
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