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
Molloy, J, Ponsonby, A-L, Allen, KJ, Tang, MLK, Collier, FM, Ward, AC, Koplin, J, Vuillermin, P.
Is Low Vitamin D Status A Risk Factor For Food Allergy? Current Evidence And Future Directions..
Mini Rev Med Chem
15(11)
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944 -952
2015
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Endo, A, Tang, MLK, Salminen, S.
1.8 Gut microbiota in infants..
113:
87 -91
2015
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Koplin, JJ, Peters, RL, Ponsonby, A-L, Gurrin, LC, Hill, D, Tang, MLK, Dharmage, SC, Allen, KJ, HealthNuts Study Group.
Increased risk of peanut allergy in infants of Asian-born parents compared to those of Australian-born parents..
Allergy
69(12)
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1639 -1647
2014
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Vicendese, D, Abramson, MJ, Dharmage, SC, Tang, ML, Allen, KJ, Erbas, B.
Trends in asthma readmissions among children and adolescents over time by age, gender and season..
J Asthma
51(10)
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1055 -1060
2014
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Hickey, L, Garland, SM, Jacobs, SE, O'Donnell, CPF, Tabrizi, SN, ProPrems Study Group.
Cross-colonization of infants with probiotic organisms in a neonatal unit..
J Hosp Infect
88(4)
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226 -229
2014
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