photo of

Details

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

  • Ku, C-L, von Bernuth, H, Picard, C, Zhang, S-Y, Chang, H-H, Yang, K, Chrabieh, M, Issekutz, AC, Cunningham, CK, Gallin, J, et al. Selective predisposition to bacterial infections in IRAK-4–deficient children: IRAK-4–dependent TLRs are otherwise redundant in protective immunity. Journal of Experimental Medicine 204(10) : 2407 -2422 2007
    view publication
  • Samuel, CS, Royce, SG, Burton, MD, Zhao, C, Tregear, GW, Tang, MLK. Relaxin Plays an Important Role in the Regulation of Airway Structure and Function. Endocrinology 148(9) : 4259 -4266 2007
    view publication
  • Mehr, S, Robinson, M, Tang, M. Doctor – How do I use my EpiPen?. Pediatric Allergy and Immunology 18(5) : 448 -452 2007
    view publication
  • Samuel, CS, Hewitson, TD, Unemori, EN, Tang, ML-K. Drugs of the future: the hormone relaxin. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences 64(12) : 1539 2007
    view publication
  • Locke, NR, Royce, SG, Wainewright, JS, Samuel, CS, Tang, ML. Comparison of Airway Remodeling in Acute, Subacute, and Chronic Models of Allergic Airways Disease. American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology 36(5) : 625 -632 2007
    view publication