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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 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

  • Lloyd, M, Galvin, AD, Tang, MLK. Measuring the Impact of Food Immunotherapy on Health-Related Quality of Life in Clinical Trials. Frontiers in Allergy 3: 941020 2023
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  • Gao, Y, O’Hely, M, Quinn, TP, Ponsonby, A-L, Harrison, LC, Frøkiær, H, Tang, MLK, Brix, S, Kristiansen, K, Burgner, D, et al. Maternal gut microbiota during pregnancy and the composition of immune cells in infancy. Frontiers in Immunology 13: 986340 2023
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  • Turner, PJ, Tang, MLK, Wood, RA. Food Allergy and Eosinophilic Gastrointestinal Diseases—The Next 10 Years. The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology In Practice 11(1) : 72 -78 2023
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  • Eisner, A, Gao, Y, Collier, F, Drummond, K, Thomson, S, Burgner, D, Vuillermin, P, Tang, ML, Mueller, J, Symeonides, C, et al. Cord blood immune profile: Associations with higher prenatal plastic chemical levels. Environmental Pollution 315: 120332 2022
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  • Turner, PJ, Tang, M. UK paediatric allergy services: A glass half full?. Clinical & Experimental Allergy 52(11) : 1241 -1243 2022
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