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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

  • Turner, PJ, Sharma, V, Tang, MLK, Gowland, MH, Harper, N, Garcez, T, Pumphrey, R, Boyle, RJ. Age As a Risk Factor For Fatal Food-Induced Anaphylaxis: An Analysis Of UK and Australian Fatal Food Anaphylaxis Data. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology 133(2) : ab19 2014
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  • Royce, SG, Li, X, Tortorella, S, Goodings, L, Chow, BSM, Giraud, AS, Tang, MLK, Samuel, CS. Mechanistic insights into the contribution of epithelial damage to airway remodeling. Novel therapeutic targets for asthma.. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol 50(1) : 180 -192 2014
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  • Al-Herz, W, Bousfiha, A, Casanova, J-L, Chatila, T, Conley, ME, Cunningham-Rundles, C, Etzioni, A, Franco, JL, Gaspar, HB, Holland, SM, et al. Primary immunodeficiency diseases: an update on the classification from the international union of immunological societies expert committee for primary immunodeficiency.. Front Immunol 5: 162 2014
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  • Molloy, J, Allen, K, Collier, F, Tang, MLK, Ward, AC, Vuillermin, P. The potential link between gut microbiota and IgE-mediated food allergy in early life.. Int J Environ Res Public Health 10(12) : 7235 -7256 2013
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  • Sung, V, Collett, S, de Gooyer, T, Hiscock, H, Tang, M, Wake, M. Probiotics to prevent or treat excessive infant crying: systematic review and meta-analysis.. JAMA Pediatr 167(12) : 1150 -1157 2013
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