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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

  • Ismail, IH, Oppedisano, F, Joseph, SJ, Boyle, RJ, Robins‐Browne, RM, Tang, MLK. Prenatal administration of Lactobacillus rhamnosus has no effect on the diversity of the early infant gut microbiota. Pediatric Allergy and Immunology 23(3) : 255 -258 2012
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  • Erbas, B, Akram, M, Dharmage, SC, Tham, R, Dennekamp, M, Newbigin, E, Taylor, P, Tang, MLK, Abramson, MJ. The role of seasonal grass pollen on childhood asthma emergency department presentations. Clinical & Experimental Allergy 42(5) : 799 -805 2012
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  • Bourke, JE, Royce, S, Cheong, JN, Bailey, S, Tang, MLK, Donovan, C. Small Airway Reactivity In Lung Slices Is Altered In A Mouse Model Of Chronic Allergic Airways Disease. a6540 -a6540 2012
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  • Koplin, JJ, Tang, MLK, Martin, PE, Osborne, NJ, Lowe, AJ, Ponsonby, A-L, Robinson, MN, Tey, D, Thiele, L, Hill, DJ, et al. Predetermined challenge eligibility and cessation criteria for oral food challenges in the HealthNuts population-based study of infants. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology 129(4) : 1145 -1147 2012
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  • Dang, TD, Tang, M, Choo, S, Licciardi, PV, Koplin, JJ, Martin, PE, Tan, T, Gurrin, LC, Ponsonby, A-L, Tey, D, et al. Increasing the accuracy of peanut allergy diagnosis by using Ara h 2. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology 129(4) : 1056 -1063 2012
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