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Bethany Hedt-Gauthier, PhD

Associate Professor of Global Health and Social Medicine
Associate Professor in the Department of Biostatistics, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
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Dr. Hedt-Gauthier received a BS with distinction in mathematics from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill in 1999. Immediately following her undergraduate training, she served three years in the U.S. Peace Corps in Namibia, where she was introduced to the needs and challenges of global public health and the role of research in addressing these gaps. In 2003, she began a PhD program in biostatistics at Harvard School of Public Health. During this training, Dr. Hedt-Gauthier took a leave of absence to complete a fellowship in strategic information at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Malawi. She received her PhD in 2008 and completed a two-year postdoctoral fellowship in the same department in 2010.

Hedt-Gauthier leads NIH-funded research exploring the feasibility and impact of mobile health (mHealth) tools for community health worker-led postoperative follow-up after cesarean delivery in rural Rwanda. She also leads statistical methods development and application, with expertise in complex survey sampling, surveillance, and methods for program monitoring and evaluation.

Health indicators: eliminating bias from convenience sampling estimators.
Authors: Authors: Hedt BL, Pagano M.
Stat Med
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Drug resistance surveillance in resource-poor settings: current methods and considerations for TB, HIV, and malaria.
Authors: Authors: Hedt BL, Laufer MK, Cohen T.
Am J Trop Med Hyg
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National implementation of Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI): policy constraints and strategies.
Authors: Authors: Ahmed HM, Mitchell M, Hedt B.
Health Policy
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Estimating the magnitude and direction of bias in tuberculosis drug resistance surveys conducted only in the public sector: a simulation study.
Authors: Authors: Cohen T, Hedt BL, Pagano M.
BMC Public Health
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An assessment of Lot Quality Assurance Sampling to evaluate malaria outcome indicators: extending malaria indicator surveys.
Authors: Authors: Biedron C, Pagano M, Hedt BL, Kilian A, Ratcliffe A, Mabunda S, Valadez JJ.
Int J Epidemiol
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Cluster designs to assess the prevalence of acute malnutrition by lot quality assurance sampling: a validation study by computer simulation.
Authors: Authors: Olives C, Pagano M, Deitchler M, Hedt BL, Egge K, Valadez JJ.
J R Stat Soc Ser A Stat Soc
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Assessing the quality of data aggregated by antiretroviral treatment clinics in Malawi.
Authors: Authors: Makombe SD, Hochgesang M, Jahn A, Tweya H, Hedt B, Chuka S, Yu JK, Aberle-Grasse J, Pasulani O, Bailey C, Kamoto K, Schouten EJ, Harries AD.
Bull World Health Organ
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Antiretroviral therapy in the Malawi police force: access to therapy and treatment outcomes.
Authors: Authors: Makombe SD, Jahn A, Tweya H, Chuka S, Yu JK, Hedt B, Weigel R, Nkhata A, Schouten EJ, Kamoto K, Harries AD.
Malawi Med J
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Antiretroviral therapy in the Malawi defence force: access, treatment outcomes and impact on mortality.
Authors: Authors: Banda AC, Makombe SD, Jahn A, Tweya H, Chuka S, Yu JK, Hedt B, Weigel R, Nkhata A, Schouten EJ, Kamoto K, Harries AD.
PLoS One
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A national survey of prisoners on antiretroviral therapy in Malawi: access to treatment and outcomes on therapy.
Authors: Authors: Makombe SD, Jahn A, Tweya H, Thambo L, Yu JK, Hedt B, Weigel R, Nkhata A, Schouten EJ, Kamoto K, Harries AD.
World Hosp Health Serv
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