Lotty Hooft

Full Professor

Biography

Prof. Dr. Lotty Hooft is Professor of Evidence Synthesis and Knowledge Translation in Healthcare at the Julius Center, UMC Utrecht, and Director of Cochrane Netherlands. She heads the Department of Epidemiology and Health Economics and the international MSc in Epidemiology program. With more than two decades of experience, she is an internationally recognized expert in systematic reviews, diagnostic and prognostic test evaluation, and guideline development, and has helped shape key reporting and risk-of-bias standards including TRIPOD, STARD, and PROBAST, as well as the (de)implementation of evidence-based healthcare practices.

Contact

lhooft@umcutrecht.nl

Pure profile

Recent publications

All publications

Non-surgical strategies to improve timely recognition and management of patients with ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm across prehospital and hospital settings—a scoping review Carline J. van den Dries, Dorien L.M. Zwart, Frans H. Rutten, Maarten J. van der Laan, Lotty Hooft, Sonja Oomkens, Eva Ouwendijk, Annelies Visser, Dave A. Dongelmans
Journal of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, 2026, vol. 10

Pretrained language models for selection of cohorts from electronic health records I. Spiero, J. A.A. Damen, L. Hooft, K. G.M. Moons, A. M. Leeuwenberg
Informatics in Medicine Unlocked, 2026, vol. 65

Macroscopic prediction of cervical dysplasia at colposcopy for see-and-treat patient selection Johanna A A Damen, Jacob Pieter Hoogendam, Demy L Idema, Marle E Lokerse, Pauline Heus, Kevin Jenniskens, Isabelle M L P Kamm, Marissa J M Traets, René Spijker, Ronald Zweemer, Lotty Hooft
European Journal of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, 2026, vol. 325

Author Correction Viknesh Sounderajah, Ahmad Guni, Xiaoxuan Liu, Gary S. Collins, Alan Karthikesalingam, Sheraz R. Markar, Robert M. Golub, Alastair K. Denniston, Shravya Shetty, David Moher, Patrick M. Bossuyt, Ara Darzi, Hutan Ashrafian, Suchi Saria, Sherri Rose, Patrick Bossuyt, Leo Celi, Karandeep Singh, Johan Ordish, Diana Samuel, David Moher, David Taylor, Glocker Ben Glocker, Trishan Panch, Sebastian Vollmer, Ravi Aggarwal, Penny Whiting, Pasha Normahani, Nenad Tomasev, Nader Rifai, Melissa McCradden, Matthew D.F. McInnes, Lotty Hooft, Lena Maier-Hein, Leanne Harling, Karel Moons, Jonathan Pearson-Stuttard, Jonathan Godwin, Jérémie F. Cohen, Jeffrey De Fauw, Hugh Harvey, Felix Greaves, Dominic King, Darren Treanor, Daniel Ting, Christopher Kelly, Bilal A. Mateen, Amish Acharya, ,
Nature medicine, 2026, vol. 32, p.3493

Towards responsible digital health implementation Bazuin Tom, Michiel Sebastiaan Oerbekke, Pauline Heus, Mike Petrus Theodora Kusters, Dave Anton Dongelmans, Annelies Visser, Arie Franx, Johann Klaus Götz Wietasch, Lotty Hooft, Maarten Jurriaan van der Laan
Digital health, 2026, vol. 12, p.1-14

Responsible Research Practices in Pediatrics Ami Baba, Pauline Heus, Lotty Hooft, Martin Offringa
The Journal of Pediatrics, 2026, vol. 297

External positions

Lid ZEGG evaluatiecommissie (Zorg Evaluatie en Gepast Gebruik) - Evaluatie van ZEGG aanvragen vanuit UMC perspectief - ZonMW/ZIN

Lid Wetenschappelijke Adviesraad (WAR) Care & Cure - Adviseren en beoordelen van duidingsrapporten - Zorginstituut Nederland

Lid van onafhankelijke adviescommissie - Toetsen van projectideeën en uitgewerkte subsidieaanvragen voor de subsidieregeling (Advenzo) - Zorginstituut

Alternate membership Veelbelovende Zorg - Adviseren over methodologie in co-creaties - ZonMW/ZIN

Member Steering Group Scientific Committee ICTRP (WHO) - Wetenschappelijke koers voor internationale trial-registratie en datatransparantie mede vormgeven - WHO

WHO Essential Diagnostic List (EDL) Evidence Submission Methodological Reviewer - Toetsen van de methodologisch de bewijsvoering voor de wereldwijde lijst van essentiële diagnostiek - WHO

Member Editorial Board Journal for Diagnostic and Prognostic Research. - Redacteurschap om de wetenschappelijke kwaliteit van publicaties te bewaken - Journal for Diagnostic and Prognostic Research

Member Council and Methods Groups (Prognosis, Screening and Diagnostic Tests) - Methodology development - Cochrane

Member WHO International Clinical Trial Registry Platform (ICTRP) Scientific Advisory Group. - Adviesrol die wereldwijd bijdraagt aan de transparantie en registratie van klinische onderzoek - WHO