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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
617-432-7260

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.

The burden of road traffic injuries in an emergency department in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Authors: Authors: Getachew S, Ali E, Tayler-Smith K, Hedt-Gauthier B, Silkondez W, Abebe D, Deressa W, Enquessilase F, Edwards JK.
Public Health Action
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Making progress towards food security: evidence from an intervention in three rural districts of Rwanda.
Authors: Authors: Nsabuwera V, Hedt-Gauthier B, Khogali M, Edginton M, Hinderaker SG, Nisingizwe MP, Tihabyona Jde D, Sikubwabo B, Sembagare S, Habinshuti A, Drobac P.
Public Health Nutr
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Community-Based Accompaniment Mitigates Predictors of Negative Outcomes for Adults on Antiretroviral Therapy in Rural Rwanda.
Authors: Authors: Gupta N, Munyaburanga C, Mutagoma M, Niyigena JW, Kayigamba F, Franke MF, Hedt-Gauthier B.
AIDS Behav
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Implementation and Validation of Telepathology Triage at Cancer Referral Center in Rural Rwanda.
Authors: Authors: Mpunga T, Hedt-Gauthier BL, Tapela N, Nshimiyimana I, Muvugabigwi G, Pritchett N, Greenberg L, Benewe O, Shulman DS, Pepoon JR, Shulman LN, Milner DA.
J Glob Oncol
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Validation of a community-based survey assessing nonobstetric surgical conditions in Burera District, Rwanda.
Authors: Authors: Linden AF, Maine RG, Hedt-Gauthier BL, Kamanzi E, Gauvey-Kern K, Mody G, Ntakiyiruta G, Kansayisa G, Ntaganda E, Niyonkuru F, Mubiligi J, Mpunga T, Meara JG, Riviello R.
Surgery
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Pursuing equity in cancer care: implementation, challenges and preliminary findings of a public cancer referral center in rural Rwanda.
Authors: Authors: Tapela NM, Mpunga T, Hedt-Gauthier B, Moore M, Mpanumusingo E, Xu MJ, Nzayisenga I, Hategekimana V, Umuhizi DG, Pace LE, Bigirimana JB, Wang J, Driscoll C, Uwizeye FR, Drobac PC, Ngoga G, Shyirambere C, Muhayimana C, Lehmann L, Shulman LN.
BMC Cancer
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Assessing the twinning model in the Rwandan Human Resources for Health Program: goal setting, satisfaction and perceived skill transfer.
Authors: Authors: Ndenga E, Uwizeye G, Thomson DR, Uwitonze E, Mubiligi J, Hedt-Gauthier BL, Wilkes M, Binagwaho A.
Global Health
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Use of Lot Quality Assurance Sampling to Ascertain Levels of Drug Resistant Tuberculosis in Western Kenya.
Authors: Authors: Jezmir J, Cohen T, Zignol M, Nyakan E, Hedt-Gauthier BL, Gardner A, Kamle L, Injera W, Carter EJ.
PLoS One
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Socioeconomics and Major Disabilities: Characteristics of Working-Age Adults in Rwanda.
Authors: Authors: Kiregu J, Murindahabi NK, Tumusiime D, Thomson DR, Hedt-Gauthier BL, Ahayo A.
PLoS One
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Roadmap to an effective quality improvement and patient safety program implementation in a rural hospital setting.
Authors: Authors: Ingabire W, Reine PM, Hedt-Gauthier BL, Hirschhorn LR, Kirk CM, Nahimana E, Nepomscene Uwiringiyemungu J, Ndayisaba A, Manzi A.
Healthc (Amst)
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