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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

  • Bell, LA, Vuillermin, P, Timperio, A, Ponsonby, A, Tang, MLK, Hesketh, KD, Group, TBI. Physical activity and adiposity in preschool children: The Barwon Infant Study. Pediatric Obesity 17(2) : 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 Behavior and Immunity 100: 211 -218 2022
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  • 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. Pediatric Allergy and Immunology 33(2) : e13749 2022
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  • Dang, TD, Peters, R, Neeland, MR, Brettig, T, Green, H, McWilliam, V, Tang, MLK, Dharmage, S, Ponsonby, A, Koplin, J, et al. Ana o 3 sIgE testing increases the accuracy of cashew allergy diagnosis using a two‐step model. Pediatric Allergy and Immunology 33(1) : e13705 2022
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  • Oakley, J, Peters, RL, Wake, M, Grobler, AC, Kerr, JA, Lycett, K, Cassim, R, Russell, M, Sun, C, Tang, MLK, et al. Backyard benefits? A cross-sectional study of yard size and greenness and children’s physical activity and outdoor play. BMC Public Health 21(1) : 1402 2021
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