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
Allen, KJ, Koplin, JJ, Ponsonby, A-L, Gurrin, LC, Wake, M, Vuillermin, P, Martin, P, Matheson, M, Lowe, A, Robinson, M, et al.
Vitamin D insufficiency is associated with challenge-proven food allergy in infants..
J Allergy Clin Immunol
131(4)
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1109 -1116.e6
2013
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Collier, F, Tang, M, Ponsonby, A-L, Vuillermin, P.
Flow cytometric assessment of cord blood as an alternative strategy for population-based screening of severe combined immunodeficiency..
J Allergy Clin Immunol
131(4)
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1251 -1252
2013
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Balloch, A, Licciardi, PV, Tang, MLK.
Serotype-specific anti-pneumococcal IgG and immune competence: critical differences in interpretation criteria when different methods are used..
J Clin Immunol
33(2)
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335 -341
2013
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Pinczower, GD, Bertalli, NA, Bussmann, N, Hamidon, M, Allen, KJ, DunnGalvin, A, Hourihane, JO, Gurrin, LC, Tang, MLK.
The effect of provision of an adrenaline autoinjector on quality of life in children with food allergy..
J Allergy Clin Immunol
131(1)
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238 -40.e1
2013
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Licciardi, PV, Ismail, IH, Balloch, A, Mui, M, Hoe, E, Lamb, K, Tang, MLK.
Maternal Supplementation with LGG Reduces Vaccine-Specific Immune Responses in Infants at High-Risk of Developing Allergic Disease..
Front Immunol
4:
381
2013
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