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
Hsiao, K-C, Ponsonby, A-L, Axelrad, C, Pitkin, S, Tang, MLK, PPOIT Study Team.
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..
Lancet Child Adolesc Health
1(2)
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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..
J Clin Immunol
37(7)
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693 -694
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.
Emerging Infections and Pertinent Infections Related to Travel for Patients with Primary Immunodeficiencies..
J Clin Immunol
37(7)
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650 -692
2017
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Ashley, SE, Tan, H-TT, Vuillermin, P, Dharmage, SC, Tang, MLK, Koplin, J, Gurrin, LC, Lowe, A, Lodge, C, Ponsonby, A-L, et al.
The skin barrier function gene SPINK5 is associated with challenge-proven IgE-mediated food allergy in infants..
Allergy
72(9)
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1356 -1364
2017
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Field, M, Sasaki, M, Koplin, J, Sawyer, S, Tang, M, Dharmage, S, McWilliam, V, Pezic, A, Douglass, J, Allen, K.
P33: ARE SCHOOLS BANNING NUTS? RESULTS FROM A POPULATION‐BASED SURVEY OF VICTORIAN SCHOOLS.
Internal Medicine Journal
47(S5)
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14 -14
2017
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