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
Chan, JCK, Peters, RL, Koplin, JJ, Dharmage, SC, Gurrin, LC, Wake, M, Tang, MLK, Prescott, S, Allen, KJ, HealthNuts Study.
Food Challenge and Community-Reported Reaction Profiles in Food-Allergic Children Aged 1 and 4 Years: A Population-Based Study..
J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract
5(2)
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398 -409.e3
2017
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Netting, MJ, Campbell, DE, Koplin, JJ, Beck, KM, McWilliam, V, Dharmage, SC, Tang, MLK, Ponsonby, A-L, Prescott, SL, Vale, S, et al.
An Australian Consensus on Infant Feeding Guidelines to Prevent Food Allergy: Outcomes From the Australian Infant Feeding Summit..
J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract
5(6)
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1617 -1624
2017
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Jacobs, SE, Hickey, L, Donath, S, Opie, GF, Anderson, PJ, Garland, SM, Cheong, JLY, ProPremsStudy Groups.
Probiotics, prematurity and neurodevelopment: follow-up of a randomised trial..
BMJ Paediatr Open
1(1)
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e000176
2017
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Loke, P, Heine, RG, McWilliam, V, Cameron, DJS, Tang, MLK, Allen, KJ.
Fecal microbial transplantation in a pediatric case of recurrent Clostridium difficile infection and specific antibody deficiency..
Pediatr Allergy Immunol
27(8)
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872 -874
2016
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Ismail, IH, Boyle, RJ, Licciardi, PV, Oppedisano, F, Lahtinen, S, Robins-Browne, RM, Tang, MLK.
Early gut colonization by Bifidobacterium breve and B. catenulatum differentially modulates eczema risk in children at high risk of developing allergic disease..
Pediatr Allergy Immunol
27(8)
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838 -846
2016
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