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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 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

  • Loke, P, Koplin, J, Beck, C, Field, M, Dharmage, SC, Tang, MLK, Allen, KJ. Statewide prevalence of school children at risk of anaphylaxis and rate of adrenaline autoinjector activation in Victorian government schools, Australia.. J Allergy Clin Immunol 138(2) : 529 -535 2016
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  • Zurzolo, GA, Koplin, JJ, Ponsonby, A-L, McWilliam, V, Dharmage, S, Heine, RG, Tang, ML, Prescott, S, Campbell, DE, Loh, R, et al. Consensus of stakeholders on precautionary allergen labelling: A report from the Centre for Food and Allergy Research.. J Paediatr Child Health 52(8) : 797 -801 2016
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  • Tang, MLK, Hsiao, K-C. An update on oral immunotherapy for the treatment of food allergy. Paediatrics and Child Health 26(7) : 304 -309 2016
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  • Boyle, RJ, Tang, ML-K, Chiang, WC, Chua, MC, Ismail, I, Nauta, A, Hourihane, JOB, Smith, P, Gold, M, Ziegler, J, et al. Prebiotic-supplemented partially hydrolysed cow's milk formula for the prevention of eczema in high-risk infants: a randomized controlled trial.. Allergy 71(5) : 701 -710 2016
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  • Goldsmith, AJ, Koplin, JJ, Lowe, AJ, Tang, ML, Matheson, MC, Robinson, M, Peters, R, Dharmage, SC, Allen, KJ. Formula and breast feeding in infant food allergy: A population-based study.. J Paediatr Child Health 52(4) : 377 -384 2016
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