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.
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O'Connor, M, Moreno-Betancur, M, Goldfeld, S, Wake, M, Patton, G, Dwyer, T, Tang, MLK, Saffery, R, Craig, JM, Loke, J, et al.
Data Resource Profile: Melbourne Children's LifeCourse initiative (LifeCourse)..
Int J Epidemiol
51(5)
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e229 -e244
2022
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Zheng, M, Hesketh, KD, Vuillermin, P, Dodd, J, Wen, LM, Baur, LA, Taylor, R, Byrne, R, Mihrshahi, S, Sly, PD, et al.
Determinants of rapid infant weight gain: A pooled analysis of seven cohorts..
Pediatr Obes
17(10)
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e12928
2022
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Ashley, SE, Jones, AC, Anderson, D, Holt, PG, Bosco, A, Tang, MLK.
Remission of peanut allergy is associated with rewiring of allergen-driven T helper 2-related gene networks..
Allergy
77(10)
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3015 -3027
2022
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Idrose, NS, Lodge, CJ, Peters, RL, Douglass, JA, Koplin, JJ, Lowe, AJ, Perrett, KP, Tang, MLK, Newbigin, EJ, Abramson, MJ, et al.
The role of short-term grass pollen exposure in food skin-prick test reactivity, food allergy, and eczema flares in children..
Pediatr Allergy Immunol
33(10)
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e13862
2022
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Leung, ASY, Loh, W, Tang, MLK.
Probiotics for Prevention or Treatment of Food Allergies.
35 -42
2022
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