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
Peters, RL, Sutherland, D, Dharmage, SC, Lowe, AJ, Perrett, KP, Tang, MLK, Lycett, K, Knibbs, LD, Koplin, JJ, Mavoa, S.
The association between environmental greenness and the risk of food allergy: A population-based study in Melbourne, Australia..
Pediatr Allergy Immunol
33(2)
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e13749
2022
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Dang, TD, Peters, R, Neeland, MR, Brettig, T, Green, H, McWilliam, V, Tang, MLK, Dharmage, S, Ponsonby, A-L, Koplin, J, et al.
Ana o 3 sIgE testing increases the accuracy of cashew allergy diagnosis using a two-step model..
Pediatr Allergy Immunol
33(1)
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e13705
2022
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Lloyd, M, Dunn Galvin, A, Tang, MLK.
Measuring the Impact of Food Immunotherapy on Health-Related Quality of Life in Clinical Trials..
Front Allergy
3:
941020
2022
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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..
Front Immunol
13:
986340
2022
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Dunn Galvin, A, Lloyd, M, Hsiao, K-C, Tang, MLK, PPOIT-001 study team.
Long-term benefit of probiotic peanut oral immunotherapy on quality of life in a randomized trial..
J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract
9(12)
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4493 -4495.e1
2021
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