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
Tan, H-TT, Ellis, JA, Koplin, JJ, Matheson, MC, Gurrin, LC, Lowe, AJ, Martin, PE, Dang, TD, Wake, M, Tang, MLK, et al.
Filaggrin loss-of-function mutations do not predict food allergy over and above the risk of food sensitization among infants.
Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
130(5)
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1211 -1213.e3
2012
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Koplin, JJ, Dharmage, SC, Ponsonby, A, Tang, MLK, Lowe, AJ, Gurrin, LC, Osborne, NJ, Martin, PE, Robinson, MN, Wake, M, et al.
Environmental and demographic risk factors for egg allergy in a population‐based study of infants.
Allergy
67(11)
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1415 -1422
2012
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Empson, MB, Tang, MLK, Pearce, LKC, Rozen, L, Gold, MS, Katelaris, CH, Langton, D, Smart, J, Smith, WB, Steele, RH, et al.
Efficacy, Safety and Pharmacokinetics of a Novel Subcutaneous Immunoglobulin, Evogam®, in Primary Immunodeficiency.
Journal of Clinical Immunology
32(5)
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897 -906
2012
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Williams, K, Tang, M, Williams, K.
Probiotics may prevent upper respiratory tract infections, but should we recommend them?.
Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health
48(10)
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942 -943
2012
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Erbas, B, O’Sullivan, M, Dharmage, SC, Druce, J, Allen, KJ, Tang, MLK, Bardin, PG, Abramson, MJ.
No H1N1 Detected in Children Admitted to Hospital with Asthma during the H1N1 Pandemic.
American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
186(5)
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462 -462
2012
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