[3] Her dissertation for the PhD thesis was titled "The Role of Natural Killer Cells in Pre-eclampsia in an African Population".
[4] 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).
[3] She serves on several international and national committees, including:[3] 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.