Annettee Nakimuli
Ugandan obstetrician and gynecologist, medical consultant, researcher and academic
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Background and education
She was born in the Buganda Region of Uganda. After attending primary and secondary schools, she was admitted to Makerere University to study human medicine. Her first degree was the Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBChB). Her Master of Medicine in Obstetrics and Genecology (MMed Obs & Gyn) was also obtained from Makerere. Later, she was awarded a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree by Makerere University in collaboration with the University of Cambridge. Her dissertation for the PhD thesis was titled "The Role of Natural Killer Cells in Pre-eclampsia in an African Population".
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Career
Nakimuli is a clinical researcher in complications of pregnancy, with focus on pre-eclampsia and eclampsia among sub-Saharan African women. Her work, with collaborators from the University of Cambridge identified a genetic locus, associated with protection from developing pre-eclampsia (Nakimuli et al., PNAS 2015). This genetic region has only been described among people of African ancestry. More work in this area is ongoing.
She has published widely in peer-reviewed publications and has in excess of 65 publications to her name.
Other responsibilities
In her capacity as the dean of the school of medicine at Makerere University Medical School, within Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Nakimuli concurrently serves as the head of department of obstetrics and gynecology at the same medical school. She is also a consultant in obstetrics and gynecology at Mulago National Referral Hospital, the teaching hospital of Makerere University School of Medicine.
She serves on several international and national committees, including:
- Uganda Maternal and Newborn Technical working group, Steering Committee of the MultiOmics for Mothers and Infants (MOMI) Consortium at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
- She previously served as the Vice President of the East Central and Southern Africa College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (ECSACOG) which was established in 2017".
Recent developments
During the fourth quarter of calendar year 2021, Associate Professor Nakimuli was awarded a five-year research grant worth US$1 million, by the Gates Foundation. The Calestous Juma Science Leadership Fellowship, is for research into the "Great Obstetrical Syndromes"(GOS), including intrauterine growth retardation, stillbirth, preterm birth, pre-eclampsia and eclampsia, among women of African descent.