 Besides numerous PhD students, Watson also supervised postdoctoral students and other interns including Ewan Birney, Ronald W. Davis, Phillip Allen Sharp (postdoc), John Tooze, (postdoc) and Richard J. Roberts (postdoc).Watson is a former member of the Board of Directors of United Biomedical, Inc., founded by Chang Yi Wang.He held the position for six years and retired from the board in 1999.