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
Prescott, SL, Smith, P, Tang, M, Palmer, DJ, Sinn, J, Huntley, SJ, Cormack, B, Heine, RG, Gibson, RA, Makrides, M.
The importance of early complementary feeding in the development of oral tolerance: concerns and controversies..
Pediatr Allergy Immunol
19(5)
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375 -380
2008
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de Silva, IL, Mehr, SS, Tey, D, Tang, MLK.
Paediatric anaphylaxis: a 5 year retrospective review..
Allergy
63(8)
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1071 -1076
2008
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Leach, AJ, Morris, PS, Mackenzie, G, McDonnell, J, Balloch, A, Carapetis, J, Tang, M.
Immunogenicity for 16 serotypes of a unique schedule of pneumococcal vaccines in a high-risk population..
Vaccine
26(31)
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3885 -3891
2008
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Tang, MLK, Kang, LW.
Prevention and treatment of anaphylaxis.
Paediatrics and Child Health
18(7)
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309 -316
2008
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Koplin, J, Dharmage, SC, Gurrin, L, Osborne, N, Tang, MLK, Lowe, AJ, Hosking, C, Hill, D, Allen, KJ.
Soy consumption is not a risk factor for peanut sensitization..
J Allergy Clin Immunol
121(6)
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1455 -1459
2008
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