Mimi Tang
Mimi Tang | |
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| Alma mater | University of Melbourne |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Allergy immunology |
| Institutions | Murdoch Children's Research Institute |
| Thesis | Interleukin-4 and Interferon-Gamma Production in Healthy Nonatopic Children and Children with Atopic Disease (1994) |
Mimi Tang is an Australian immunologist allergist specialized in food oral immunotherapy, such as pairing exposure to peanut proteins with probiotics.[1]
Education[edit]
Tang attended the University of Melbourne for her undergraduate and graduate studies, earning her MBBS in 1986 and PhD in 1995.[2] Her 1994 thesis was titled Interleukin-4 and Interferon-Gamma Production in Healthy Nonatopic Children and Children with Atopic Disease.[3]
Career and research[edit]
Tang has served as the Allergy Translation Director of the Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI) since 2016.[2] That same year, she founded Prota Therapeutics, continuing to serve as its CEO to license food immunotherapies developed at MCRI.[4] Her research has ranged from identifying the immunological pathways of peanut allergies to studying how probiotics containing the bacterial species Lactobacillus rhamnosus can improve one's tolerance to food oral immunotherapy.[5][6] Aside from her traditional research output of journal articles and textbook chapters, Tang co-authored the book Kid's Food Allergies for Dummies, aimed at educating parents on recognizing, managing, and treating food allergies.[7]
Tang is currently on the editorial board for the scientific journals Pediatric Allergy and Immunology, Asian Pacific Journal of Allergy and Immunology, and World Allergy Organization Journal.[8][9][10] She is a member of the anaphylaxis and pediatric committees of the Australasian Society of Clinical Immunology and Allergy (ASCIA), Asia-Pacific Association of Allergology, Asthma, and Clinical Immunology (APAAACI) House of Delegates, World Allergy Organization (WAO) board, and International Union of Immunological Societies (IUIS) Primary Immunodeficiency Expert committee.[11]
References[edit]
- ^ "Professor Mimi Tang - Allergies". Murdoch Children's Research Institute. Retrieved 2022-11-28.
- ^ a b "Prof Mimi Tang". Murdoch Children's Research Institute. Retrieved 2022-11-28.
- ^ Tang, Mimi L. K. (1994). Interleukin-4 and Interferon-Gamma Production in Healthy Nonatopic Children and Children with Atopic Disease. Parkville, Victoria: University of Melbourne.
- ^ "Management". Prota Therapeutics. Retrieved 2022-11-28.
- ^ Ashley, Sarah E.; Jones, Anya C.; Anderson, Denise; Holt, Patrick G.; Bosco, Anthony; Tang, Mimi L. K. (25 May 2022). "Remission of peanut allergy is associated with rewiring of allergen‐driven T helper 2‐related gene networks". Allergy. 77 (10): 3015–3027. doi:10.1111/all.15324. ISSN 0105-4538. PMC 9790273. PMID 35615783.
- ^ Silver, Katie (2017-08-17). "Peanut allergy treatment 'lasts up to four years'". BBC News. Retrieved 2022-11-28.
- ^ Tang, Mimi; Allen, Katie (2012). Kid's Food Allergies For Dummies. Wiley. ISBN 9780730308027.
- ^ "Editorial Board". Wiley Online Library - Pediatric Allergy and Immunology. 2022.
- ^ "Editors". Asian Pacific Journal of Allergy and Immunology. 2022. Retrieved 2022-11-28.
- ^ "Editorial Board". World Allergy Organization Journal. 2022. Retrieved 2022-11-28.
- ^ "ASCIA Council, Committees and Working Parties". Australasian Society of Clinical Immunology and Allergy (ASCIA). 7 November 2022. Retrieved 2022-11-28.
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- Living people
- University of Melbourne alumni
- Australian immunologists
- American women immunologists
- American women medical researchers
- Australian medical researchers
- 20th-century Australian scientists
- 20th-century Australian women scientists
- 21st-century Australian scientists
- 21st-century Australian women scientists