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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Burugupalli, S, Smith, AAT, Oshlensky, G, Huynh, K, Giles, C, Wang, T, George, A, Paul, S, Nguyen, A, Duong, T, et al.
Ontogeny of circulating lipid metabolism in pregnancy and early childhood - a longitudinal population study..
Elife
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2022
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Loke, P, Orsini, F, Lozinsky, AC, Gold, M, O'Sullivan, MD, Quinn, P, Lloyd, M, Ashley, SE, Pitkin, S, Axelrad, C, et al.
Probiotic peanut oral immunotherapy versus oral immunotherapy and placebo in children with peanut allergy in Australia (PPOIT-003): a multicentre, randomised, phase 2b trial..
Lancet Child Adolesc Health
6(3)
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171 -184
2022
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Chang, C-L, Ali, GB, Lodge, CJ, Abramson, MJ, Erbas, B, Tang, MLK, Svanes, C, Bui, DS, Dharmage, SC, Lowe, AJ.
Associations between Body Mass Index Trajectories in the first two years of life and Allergic Rhinitis, Eczema and Food Allergy outcomes up to early adulthood..
Pediatr Allergy Immunol
33(3)
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e13765
2022
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Bell, LA, Vuillermin, P, Timperio, A, Ponsonby, A-L, Tang, MLK, Hesketh, KD, BIS Investigator Group.
Physical activity and adiposity in preschool children: The Barwon Infant Study..
Pediatr Obes
17(2)
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e12853
2022
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Marx, W, Thomson, S, O'Hely, M, Symeonides, C, Collier, F, Tang, MLK, Loughman, A, Burgner, D, Saffery, R, Pham, C, et al.
Maternal inflammatory and omega-3 fatty acid pathways mediate the association between socioeconomic disadvantage and childhood cognition..
Brain Behav Immun
100:
211 -218
2022
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