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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

  • Dhanapala, PR, Doran, T, Tang, MLK, Suphioglu, C. Hypoallergenic Variant of the Major Egg White Allergen Gal d 1 Produced By Disruption of Cysteine Bridges. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology 135(2) : ab387 2015
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  • Tang, MLK, Ponsonby, A-L, Orsini, F, Tey, D, Robinson, M, Su, EL, Licciardi, P, Burks, AW, Donath, S. Combined Probiotic and Peanut Oral Immunotherapy for the Treatment of Peanut Allergy: A Randomised Trial. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology 135(2) : ab156 2015
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  • Mehr, SS, Campbell, D, Joshi, P, Smart, J, Peake, JE, Smith, PK, Gold, M, Wainstein, B, Allen, KJ, Tang, MLK, et al. Fpies Epidemiology in Australia: Results from a 2-Year Prospective Population Study. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology 135(2) : ab168 2015
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  • Richards, S, Tang, M. Pharmacological management of acute food-allergic reactions.. 101: 96 -105 2015
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  • Martin, PE, Eckert, JK, Koplin, JJ, Lowe, AJ, Gurrin, LC, Dharmage, SC, Vuillermin, P, Tang, MLK, Ponsonby, A-L, Matheson, M, et al. Which infants with eczema are at risk of food allergy? Results from a population-based cohort.. Clin Exp Allergy 45(1) : 255 -264 2015
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