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
Licciardi, PV, Toh, ZQ, Dunne, E, Wong, S-S, Mulholland, EK, Tang, M, Robins-Browne, RM, Satzke, C.
Protecting against pneumococcal disease: critical interactions between probiotics and the airway microbiome..
PLoS Pathog
8(6)
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e1002652
2012
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Schabussova, I, Hufnagl, K, Tang, MLK, Hoflehner, E, Wagner, A, Loupal, G, Nutten, S, Zuercher, A, Mercenier, A, Wiedermann, U.
Perinatal maternal administration of Lactobacillus paracasei NCC 2461 prevents allergic inflammation in a mouse model of birch pollen allergy..
PLoS One
7(7)
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e40271
2012
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Karagiannis, TC, Li, X, Tang, MM, Orlowski, C, El-Osta, A, Tang, MLK, Royce, SG.
Molecular model of naphthalene-induced DNA damage in the murine lung..
Hum Exp Toxicol
31(1)
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42 -50
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..
J Med Econ
15(6)
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1064 -1077
2012
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Licciardi, PV, Tang, MLK.
Vaccine adjuvant properties of probiotic bacteria..
Discov Med
12(67)
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525 -533
2011
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