Tania Watts
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Reynolds Award CSI 2018
Tania Watts | |
|---|---|
| Alma mater | University of Alberta |
| Known for | Adaptive Immunity Research |
| Awards | Distinguished Fellow AAI 2022 Reynolds Award CSI 2018 |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Immunology |
| Institutions | Stanford University University of Toronto |
| Thesis | Structure and assembly of pili isolated from Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains PAK and PAO |
| Doctoral advisor | William Paranchych |
Tania H. Watts (born 1957) is a Canadian Immunologist, Professor at the University of Toronto,[1] past President of the Canadian Society for Immunology and from 2009 to 2019 held the Sanofi Pasteur Chair in Human Immunology at the University of Toronto.[2] Tania Watts holds a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Anti-viral Immunity (2021- ) and was named a Distinguished Fellow of the American Association of Immunologists, class of 2022.
Watts studied at the University of Alberta where she obtained her Bachelor and PhD degrees in Biochemistry.[3] Her graduate supervisor was William Paranchych.[2] She was supported during her graduate work by an MRC Studentship.[4]
Scientific career
Watts' graduate research examined the structure and assembly of pili from Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
Her post-doctoral work at Stanford University with Professor Harden McConnell demonstrated the immunological effect of antigen presentation in lipid bilayers and led to her interest in T cells and immunity.[2]
Watts is Professor of Immunology at the University of Toronto.[1] Her group was among the first to provide evidence for CD28-independent co-stimulation.[5] Watts held the Sanofi Pasteur Chair in Human Immunology at the University of Toronto from 2009 to 2019.[2][6] She is co-director of the Faculty of Medicine Flow Cytometry facility.[7]
Watts is an active organizer in the Immunology community. She is a founder the Toronto Human Immunology Network, past President (2009–2011) of the Canadian Society for Immunology, and has organized international symposia.[3][2]
Watts was a member of Ontario's COVID-19 Science Advisory Table until its dissolution in September 2022.[8]