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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Dawson, SL, O'Hely, M, Jacka, FN, Ponsonby, A-L, Symeonides, C, Loughman, A, Collier, F, Moreno-Betancur, M, Sly, P, Burgner, D, et al.
Maternal prenatal gut microbiota composition predicts child behaviour..
EBioMedicine
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103400
2021
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Waserman, S, Cruickshank, H, Hildebrand, KJ, Mack, D, Bantock, L, Bingemann, T, Chu, DK, Cuello-Garcia, C, Ebisawa, M, Fahmy, D, et al.
Prevention and management of allergic reactions to food in child care centers and schools: Practice guidelines..
J Allergy Clin Immunol
147(5)
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1561 -1578
2021
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Loughman, A, Quinn, T, Nation, ML, Reichelt, A, Moore, RJ, Van, TTH, Sung, V, Tang, MLK.
Infant microbiota in colic: predictive associations with problem crying and subsequent child behavior..
J Dev Orig Health Dis
12(2)
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260 -270
2021
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Idrose, NS, Tham, RCA, Lodge, CJ, Lowe, AJ, Bui, D, Perret, JL, Vicendese, D, Newbigin, EJ, Tang, MLK, Aldakheel, FM, et al.
Is short-term exposure to grass pollen adversely associated with lung function and airway inflammation in the community?.
Allergy
76(4)
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1136 -1146
2021
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Dawson, SL, Mohebbi, M, Craig, JM, Dawson, P, Clarke, G, Tang, ML, Jacka, FN.
Targeting the perinatal diet to modulate the gut microbiota increases dietary variety and prebiotic and probiotic food intakes: results from a randomised controlled trial..
Public Health Nutr
24(5)
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1129 -1141
2021
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