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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 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

  • Elliott, K, Fitzpatrick, E, Hill, D, Brown, J, Adams, S, Chee, P, Stewart, G, Fulcher, D, Tang, M, Kemp, A, et al. The -590C/T and -34C/T interleukin-4 promoter polymorphisms are not associated with atopic eczema in childhood.. J Allergy Clin Immunol 108(2) : 285 -287 2001
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  • Fiscus, LC, Van Herpen, J, Steeber, DA, Tedder, TF, Tang, ML. L-Selectin is required for the development of airway hyperresponsiveness but not airway inflammation in a murine model of asthma.. J Allergy Clin Immunol 107(6) : 1019 -1024 2001
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  • Keramidaris, E, Merson, TD, Steeber, DA, Tedder, TF, Tang, ML. L-selectin and intercellular adhesion molecule 1 mediate lymphocyte migration to the inflamed airway/lung during an allergic inflammatory response in an animal model of asthma.. J Allergy Clin Immunol 107(4) : 734 -738 2001
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  • Tang, ML, Fiscus, LC. Important roles for L-selectin and ICAM-1 in the development of allergic airway inflammation in asthma.. Pulm Pharmacol Ther 14(3) : 203 -210 2001
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  • Tang, MLK, Van Herpen, J, Keramidaris, E. 225 L-selectin and ICAM-1 mediate lymphocyte migration to the lung during an allergic inflammatory response in animal model of asthma. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology 105(1) : s74 2000
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