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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 Allergy Immunology Research Group and Director of the Allergy Translation Centre at Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Professorial Fellow in 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’ experience in the investigation of basic immunological mechanisms underlying allergic disease pathogenesis, and more than 15 years 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 clincal 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 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 Allergy Immunology Research Group and Director of the Allergy Translation Centre at Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Professorial Fellow in 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’ experience in the investigation of basic immunological mechanisms underlying allergic disease pathogenesis, and more than 15 years 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 clincal 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

  • 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, Gurrin, LC, Hill, D, Tang, MLK, Dharmage, SC, Allen, KJ, Group, THS. Increased risk of peanut allergy in infants of Asian‐born parents compared to those of Australian‐born parents. Allergy 69(12) : 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. Journal of Asthma 51(10) : 1055 -1060 2014
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  • Hickey, L, Garland, SM, Jacobs, SE, O'Donnell, CPF, Tabrizi, SN, Group, PS. Cross-colonization of infants with probiotic organisms in a neonatal unit. Journal of Hospital Infection 88(4) : 226 -229 2014
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  • McCloskey, K, Ponsonby, A-L, Carlin, JB, Jachno, K, Cheung, M, Skilton, MR, Koleff, J, Vuillermin, P, Burgner, D. Reproducibility of aortic intima-media thickness in infants using edge-detection software and manual caliper measurements. Cardiovascular Ultrasound 12(1) : 18 2014
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