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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

  • Zurzolo, GA, Koplin, JJ, Mathai, ML, Tang, MKL, Allen, KJ. Perceptions of precautionary labelling among parents of children with food allergy and anaphylaxis.. Med J Aust 198(11) : 621 -623 2013
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  • Ismail, IH, Licciardi, PV, Oppedisano, F, Boyle, RJ, Tang, MLK. Relationship between breast milk sCD14, TGF-β1 and total IgA in the first month and development of eczema during infancy.. Pediatr Allergy Immunol 24(4) : 352 -360 2013
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  • Martin, PE, Koplin, JJ, Eckert, JK, Lowe, AJ, Ponsonby, A-L, Osborne, NJ, Gurrin, LC, Robinson, MN, Hill, DJ, Tang, MLK, et al. The prevalence and socio-demographic risk factors of clinical eczema in infancy: a population-based observational study.. Clin Exp Allergy 43(6) : 642 -651 2013
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  • Licciardi, PV, Ververis, K, Tang, ML, El-Osta, A, Karagiannis, TC. Immunomodulatory effects of histone deacetylase inhibitors.. Curr Mol Med 13(4) : 640 -647 2013
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  • Wong, S-S, Quan Toh, Z, Dunne, EM, Mulholland, EK, Tang, MLK, Robins-Browne, RM, Licciardi, PV, Satzke, C. Inhibition of Streptococcus pneumoniae adherence to human epithelial cells in vitro by the probiotic Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG.. BMC Res Notes 6: 135 2013
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