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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

  • Tan, T, Ellis, JA, Koplin, JJ, Martin, PE, Dang, TD, Matheson, MC, Dharmage, S, Lowe, A, Tang, M, Robinson, M, et al. Filaggrin Mutations are Associated with an Increased Risk of Infantile Food Allergy and Sensitization. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology 129(2) : ab174 2012
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  • Dang, TD, Choo, S, Licciardi, PV, Koplin, JJ, Martin, PE, Tan, T, Gurrin, LC, Tey, D, Robinson, M, Dharmage, S, et al. Increasing The Accuracy Of Peanut Allergy Diagnosis Using Ara H2. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology 129(2) : ab235 2012
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  • Erbas, B, Akram, M, Dharmage, S, Tham, R, Dennekamp, M, Newbigin, E, Taylor, P, Tang, M, Abramson, MJ. The Role of Seasonal Grass Pollen on Childhood Asthma Emergency Department Presentations. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology 129(2) : ab166 2012
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  • Ismail, IH, Tang, MLK. Oral immunotherapy for the treatment of food allergy.. Isr Med Assoc J 14(1) : 63 -69 2012
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  • Toh, ZQ, Anzela, A, Tang, MLK, Licciardi, PV. Probiotic therapy as a novel approach for allergic disease.. Front Pharmacol 3: 171 2012
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