Anneka Hooft, MD
Assistant Professor
Emergency Medicine
School of Medicine

I am a pediatric emergency medicine physician and researcher in global health and acute management of infectious diseases. My research focuses on clinical decision-making during the care of sick children, especially those with undifferentiated febrile illness.

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I also study related behavioral influences on both healthcare providers and caregivers of children in resource-limited settings and integration of informal medical providers (e.g. traditional healers) into the biomedical sphere utilizing epidemiological and implementation science techniques. My goal is to improve access to care for those who need it most and optimize diagnosis and management of febrile illness through the use of evidence-based clinical guidelines and decision pathways.

Education & Training

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• Fellowship Pediatric Emergency Medicine UCSD/Rady Children's Hospital 06/2020
• Fellowship Global Health Education MGH/Seed Global Health 05/2017
• Residency Pediatrics UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland 06/2016
• MD, MPH Epidemiology University of Nevada 06/2013
• Fellowship Clinical Research DDCRF/Yale School of Medicine 07/2012

Interests

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• global health
• febrile illness
• mixed-methods
• clinical decision-making
• implementation science

Grants and Projects

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• Epidemiology and prevention of pediatric post-discharge mortality in Rwanda, Thrasher Foundation, 2021
• From bench to bedside: enhancing an antimicrobial stewardship program in Tanzania, Pfizer

Publications (10)

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MalariaDiagnostic Tests, RoutineCaregiversMedicine, African TraditionalPatient Acceptance of Health CareChild AbuseClinical CompetenceKenyaClinical CodingFever of Unknown OriginAntimalarialsHospitalsPhysical AbuseMyosinsInternational Classification of Diseases

• Verbal Autopsy to Assess Postdischarge Mortality in Children With Suspected Sepsis in Uganda.
  Pediatrics 2023 Knappett M, Hooft A, Maqsood MB, Lavoie PM, Kortz T, Mehta S, Duby J, Akech S, Maina M, Carter R, Popescu CR, Daftary R, Mugisha NK, Mwesigwa D, Kabakyenga J, Kumbakumba E, Ansermino JM, Kissoon N, …
• Explaining utilization of HIV prevention and testing services among university students in Mozambique: results from a mixed methods study.
  BMC public health 2021 Hooft A, Pfeil S, Mussengue J, Jetha E, He F, Jain S, Manuel S, Langa PV, Sundararajan R
• High Frequency of Antibiotic Prescription in Children With Undifferentiated Febrile Illness in Kenya.
  Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2021 Hooft AM, Ndenga B, Mutuku F, Otuka V, Ronga C, Chebii PK, Maina PW, Jembe Z, Lee J, Vu DM, Mukoko D, LaBeaud AD
• Factors Motivating Traditional Healer versus Biomedical Facility Use for Treatment of Pediatric Febrile Illness: Results from a Qualitative Study in Southwestern Uganda.
  The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 2020 Hooft A, Nabukalu D, Mwanga-Amumpaire J, Gardiner MA, Sundararajan R
• Principles, practices and knowledge of clinicians when assessing febrile children: a qualitative study in Kenya.
  Malaria journal 2017 Hooft AM, Ripp K, Ndenga B, Mutuku F, Vu D, Baltzell K, Masese LN, Vulule J, Mukoko D, LaBeaud AD

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• Parental perception of efficacy of antihistamines for pruritus in pediatric atopic dermatitis.
  Allergy and asthma proceedings 2016 Chawla V, Hogan MB, Moonie S, Fenwick GL, Hooft A, Wilson NW
• The Accuracy of ICD Codes: Identifying Physical Abuse in 4 Children's Hospitals.
  Academic pediatrics 2015 Hooft AM, Asnes AG, Livingston N, Deutsch S, Cahill L, Wood JN, Leventhal JM
• Identification of physical abuse cases in hospitalized children: accuracy of International Classification of Diseases codes.
  The Journal of pediatrics 2012 Hooft A, Ronda J, Schaeffer P, Asnes AG, Leventhal JM
• GFP fails to inhibit actin-myosin interactions in vitro.
  Nature methods 2008 Resnicow DI, Hooft AM, Harrison BC, Baker JE, Leinwand LA
• An accelerated state of myosin-based actin motility.
  Biochemistry 2007 Hooft AM, Maki EJ, Cox KK, Baker JE