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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.

COVID-19 vaccine acceptance in three rural communes in Haiti: A cross-sectional study.
Authors: Authors: Chery MJ, Dubique K, Higgins JM, Faure PA, Phillips R, Morris S, Clisbee M, Conserve DF, Ricthwood T, Lefruit RM, Hedt-Gauthier BL.
Hum Vaccin Immunother
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Functional recovery after cesarean delivery: a prospective cohort study in rural Rwanda.
Authors: Authors: Niyigena A, Gato S, Alayande B, Miranda E, Hedt-Gauthier B, Goodman AS, Nkurunziza T, Mazimpaka C, Hakizimana S, Ngamije P, Kateera F, Riviello R, Boatin AA.
BMC Pregnancy Childbirth
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Late and Persistent Symptoms Suggestive of Surgical Site Infections After Cesarean Section: Results from a Prospective Cohort Study in Rural Rwanda.
Authors: Authors: Mukantwari J, Gatete JD, Niyigena A, Alayande BT, Nkurunziza T, Mazimpaka C, Boatin AA, Kateera F, Hedt-Gauthier B, Riviello R.
Surg Infect (Larchmt)
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Area-Based Sociodemographic Factors Associated with Latent Tuberculosis Infection in a Low-Prevalence Setting.
Authors: Authors: Campbell JI, Tabatneck M, Wilt GE, Sun M, He W, Musinguzi N, Hedt-Gauthier B, Lamb GS, Goldmann D, Sabharwal V, Sandora TJ, Haberer JE.
Am J Trop Med Hyg
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Point-of-care urine tenofovir testing to predict HIV drug resistance among individuals with virologic failure.
Authors: Authors: McCluskey SM, Govender K, Adamson J, Gandhi M, Spinelli MA, Moosa MY, Muyindike W, Moodley P, Pillay M, Masette G, Sunpath H, Pillay S, Chen G, Hedt-Gauthier B, Marconi VC, Siedner MJ.
AIDS
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Predicting facility-based delivery in Zanzibar: The vulnerability of machine learning algorithms to adversarial attacks.
Authors: Authors: Tsai YT, Fulcher IR, Li T, Sukums F, Hedt-Gauthier B.
Heliyon
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Practical strategies for operationalizing optimal allocation in stratified cluster-based outcome-dependent sampling designs.
Authors: Authors: Sauer S, Hedt-Gauthier B, Haneuse S.
Stat Med
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The Cascade of Care for Hepatitis C Treatment in Rwanda: A Retrospective Cohort Study of the 2017-2019 Mass Screening and Treatment Campaign.
Authors: Authors: Nisingizwe MP, Makuza JD, Janjua NZ, Bansback N, Hedt-Gauthier B, Serumondo J, Remera E, Law MR.
Viruses
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Multicenter Analysis of Attrition from the Pediatric Tuberculosis Infection Care Cascade in Boston.
Authors: Authors: Campbell JI, Tabatneck M, Sun M, He W, Musinguzi N, Hedt-Gauthier B, Lamb GS, Domond K, Goldmann D, Sabharwal V, Sandora TJ, Haberer JE.
J Pediatr
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Safe recovery after cesarean in rural Africa: Technical consensus guidelines for post-discharge care.
Authors: Authors: Kateera F, Hedt-Gauthier B, Luo A, Niyigena A, Galvin G, Hakizimana S, Molina RL, Boatin AA, Kasonde P, Musabeyezu J, Ngonzi J, Riviello R, Semrau K, Sayinzoga F.
Int J Gynaecol Obstet
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