[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.
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.
[8] Watts used biophysical techniques to study the properties of pili isolated from Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain PAO and PAK for her doctoral work.
[10][11] Watts' laboratory at the University of Toronto continues her immunology research, with a focus on T cells, adaptive immunity and infectious diseases.
[6] Watts has applied her expertise in immunology to study the persistence of immunity to SARS-CoV-2[13] and the effectiveness of vaccines against SARS-CoV-2 in individuals affected by immune-mediated inflammatory diseases.