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.
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Rockman, S, Dyson, A, Koernig, S, Becher, D, Ng, M, Morelli, AB, Barnden, M, Tang, MLK, Pearse, M, Maraskovsky, E.
Evaluation of the bioactivity of influenza vaccine strains in vitro suggests that the introduction of new strains in the 2010 Southern Hemisphere Trivalent Influenza Vaccine is associated with adverse events.
Vaccine
32(30)
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3861 -3868
2014
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Licciardi, PV, Russell, FM, Balloch, A, Burton, RL, Nahm, MH, Gilbert, G, Tang, MLK, Mulholland, EK.
Impaired serotype-specific immune function following pneumococcal vaccination in infants with prior carriage.
Vaccine
32(20)
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2321 -2327
2014
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Sung, V, Hiscock, H, Tang, MLK, Mensah, FK, Nation, ML, Satzke, C, Heine, RG, Stock, A, Barr, RG, Wake, M.
Treating infant colic with the probiotic Lactobacillus reuteri: double blind, placebo controlled randomised trial.
The BMJ
348(apr01 2)
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g2107
2014
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Balloch, A, Licciardi, PV, Kemp, AS, Leach, AJ, Mulholland, EK, Tang, ML.
Comparison of Anti-pneumococcal Antibodies in Cord Blood From Australian Indigenous and Gambian Neonates and the Implications for Otitis Media.
The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal
33(4)
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e116 -e120
2014
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Tey, D, Allen, KJ, Peters, R, Koplin, J, Tang, MLK, Gurrin, L, Ponsonby, A-L, Lowe, A, Wake, M, Dharmage, S.
Population Response To Change In Infant Feeding Guidelines For Allergy Prevention.
Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
133(2)
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ab288
2014
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