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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

  • Royce, SG, Sedjahtera, A, Samuel, CS, Tang, MLK. Combination therapy with relaxin and methylprednisolone augments the effects of either treatment alone in inhibiting subepithelial fibrosis in an experimental model of allergic airways disease.. Clin Sci (Lond) 124(1) : 41 -51 2013
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  • Royce, SG, Lim, C, Muljadi, RC, Samuel, CS, Ververis, K, Karagiannis, TC, Giraud, AS, Tang, MLK. Trefoil factor-2 reverses airway remodeling changes in allergic airways disease.. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol 48(1) : 135 -144 2013
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  • study, FTH, Dang, TD, Tang, M, Choo, S, Licciardi, PV, Koplin, JJ, Allen, KJ. Increasing the accuracy of peanut allergy diagnosis using Ara h2. Pathology 45: s44 2013
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  • Peters, R, Gurrin, L, Dharmage, S, Tang, M, Koplin, J, Danchin, M, Hiscock, H, Allen, K. Food allergy and anaphylaxis – 2053. New diagnostic algorithms that will reduce the need for oral food challenges. World Allergy Organization Journal 6(Suppl 1) : p136 2013
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  • Lowe, AJ, Dharmage, SC, Allen, KJ, Tang, MLK, Hill, DJ. The role of partially hydrolyzed whey formula for the prevention of allergic disease: evidence and gaps.. Expert Rev Clin Immunol 9(1) : 31 -41 2013
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