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
Williams, K, Tang, M, Williams, K.
Probiotics may prevent upper respiratory tract infections, but should we recommend them?.
J Paediatr 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..
Am J Respir Crit Care Med
186(5)
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462
2012
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Hickey, L, Jacobs, SE, Garland, SM, ProPrems Study Group.
Probiotics in neonatology..
J Paediatr Child Health
48(9)
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777 -783
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 Pediatr
12:
135
2012
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Royce, SG, Dang, W, Yuan, G, Tran, J, El-Osta, A, Karagiannis, TC, Tang, MLK.
Effects of the histone deacetylase inhibitor, trichostatin A, in a chronic allergic airways disease model in mice..
Arch Immunol Ther Exp (Warsz)
60(4)
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295 -306
2012
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