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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 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.

Top Publications

  • Lowe, AJ, Tang, ML, Dharmage, SC, Varigos, G, Forster, D, Gurrin, LC, Robertson, CF, Abramson, MJ, Allen, KJ, Su, J. A phase i study of daily treatment with a ceramide-dominant triple lipid mixture commencing in neonates. BMC Dermatology 12(1) : 3 2012
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  • Sung, V, Hiscock, H, Tang, M, Mensah, FK, Heine, RG, Stock, A, York, E, Barr, RG, Wake, M. Probiotics to improve outcomes of colic in the community: Protocol for the Baby Biotics randomised controlled trial. BMC Pediatrics 12(1) : 135 2012
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  • Tey, D, Dharmage, SC, Robinson, MN, Allen, KJ, Gurrin, LC, Tang, MLK. Frequent baked egg ingestion was not associated with change in rate of decline in egg skin prick test in children with challenge confirmed egg allergy. Clinical & Experimental Allergy 42(12) : 1782 -1790 2012
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  • Su, J, Prescott, S, Sinn, J, Tang, M, Smith, P, Heine, RG, Spieldenner, J, Iskedjian, M. Cost-effectiveness of partially-hydrolyzed formula for prevention of atopic dermatitis in Australia. Journal of Medical Economics 15(6) : 1064 -1077 2012
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  • Ismail, IH, Oppedisano, F, Joseph, SJ, Boyle, RJ, Licciardi, PV, Robins‐Browne, RM, Tang, MLK. Reduced gut microbial diversity in early life is associated with later development of eczema but not atopy in high‐risk infants. Pediatric Allergy and Immunology 23(7) : 674 -681 2012
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