Mimi Tang

Exposure to adversity and inflammatory outcomes in mid and late childhood

Meredith O'Connor, Anne-Louise Ponsonby, Fiona Collier, Richard Liu, Peter D Sly, Peter Azzopardi, Kate Lycett, Sharon Goldfeld, Sarah J Arnup, David Burgner, Naomi Priest, Peter Vuillermin, Mimi LK Tang, Richard Saffery, John Carlin, Len Harrison

Journal article  |  2020  |  Brain, Behavior, & Immunity - Health

Background: We aimed to estimate the association between exposure to adversity and inflammatory markers in mid (4 years) and late ..

Community-Based Adverse Food Reactions and Anaphylaxis in Children with IgE-Mediated Food Allergy at Age 6 Years: A Population-Based Study

Yichao Wang, Rachel L Peters, Kirsten P Perrett, Vicki L McWilliam, Mimi LK Tang, Adrian J Lowe, Anne-Louise Ponsonby, Shyamali C Dharmage, Katrina J Allen, Jennifer J Koplin

Journal article  |  2020  |  The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice

BACKGROUND: Few studies have investigated adverse food reactions among food-allergic children in a population-based sample, which ..

Are young children with asthma more likely to be less physically active?

Raisa Cassim, Shyamali C Dharmage, Rachel L Peters, Jennifer J Koplin, Katrina J Allen, Mimi LK Tang, Adrian J Lowe, Timothy S Olds, Francois Fraysse, Elasma Milanzi, Melissa A Russell

Journal article  |  2020  |  Pediatric Allergy and Immunology

BACKGROUND: Previous research suggests that children who experience asthma may be less physically active; however, results have be..

Targeting the perinatal diet to modulate the gut microbiota increases dietary variety and prebiotic and probiotic food intakes: results from a randomised controlled trial.

Samantha L Dawson, Mohammadreza Mohebbi, Jeffrey M Craig, Phillip Dawson, Gerard Clarke, Mimi Lk Tang, Felice N Jacka

Journal article  |  2020  |  Public Health Nutrition

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the hypothesis that a perinatal educational dietary intervention focused on 'eating for the gut microbiota'..

Managing Food Allergy in Schools During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Matthew Greenhawt, Marcus Shaker, David R Stukus, David M Fleischer, Jonathan Hourihane, Mimi LK Tang, Elissa M Abrams, Julie Wang, Theresa A Bingemann, Edmond S Chan, Jay Lieberman, Hugh A Sampson, S Allan Bock, Michael C Young, Susan Waserman, Douglas P Mack

Journal article  |  2020  |  Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and massive disruptions to daily life in the spring of 2020, in May 2020, the Centers for Dis..

Determinants of placental leptin receptor gene expression and association with measures at birth

Amanda Vlahos, Toby Mansell, David Burgner, Fiona Collier, Boris Novakovic, Richard Saffery

Journal article  |  2020  |  Placenta

INTRODUCTION: The leptin signalling pathway is important in metabolic health during pregnancy. However, few studies have investiga..

Burden of infection in Australian infants

Rebecca Rowland, Zia Sass, Anne-Louise Ponsonby, Angela Pezic, Mimi LK Tang, Peter Vuillermin, Lawrence Gray, David Burgner

Journal article  |  2020  |  Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

AIM: To determine the incidence, risk factors and health service utilisation for infection in the first 12 months of life in a pop..

Study protocol of a multicentre, randomised, controlled trial evaluating the effectiveness of probiotic and peanut oral immunotherapy (PPOIT) in inducing desensitisation or tolerance in children with peanut allergy compared with oral immunotherapy (OIT) alone and with placebo (the PPOIT-003 study).

Adriana Chebar Lozinsky, Paxton Loke, Francesca Orsini, Michael O'Sullivan, Susan L Prescott, Michael S Gold, Patrick Quinn, Audrey DunnGalvin, Mimi Lk Tang, undefined PPOIT study team

Journal article  |  2020  |  BMJ Open

INTRODUCTION: Peanut allergy is the the most common cause of life-threatening food-induced anaphylaxis. There is currently no effe..

Plasma metabolomic profiles associated with infant food allergy with further consideration of other early life factors

Susan Ellul, Wolfgang Marx, Fiona Collier, Richard Saffery, Mimi Tang, David Burgner, John Carlin, Peter Vuillermin, Anne-Louise Ponsonby, Len Harrison, Terry Dwyer, Sarath Ranganathan, Peter Sly

Journal article  |  2020  |  Prostaglandins, Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids

BACKGROUND: Fatty acids have been implicated in early life immune development. Food allergy provides a clear phenotype of early al..

Associations between grass pollen exposuresin uteroand in early life with food allergy in 12-month-old infants

Nugroho Harry Susanto, Adrian J Lowe, Agus Salim, Jennifer J Koplin, Mimi LK Tang, Noor HA Suaini, Anne-Louise Ponsonby, Katrina J Allen, Shyamali C Dharmage, Bircan Erbas

Journal article  |  2020  |  International Journal of Environmental Health Research

Birth during pollen seasons may influence food allergy risk but no study has assessed pollen exposure. Using the HealthNuts popula..