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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.

Bubble CPAP to support preterm infants in rural Rwanda: a retrospective cohort study.
Authors: Authors: Nahimana E, Ngendahayo M, Magge H, Odhiambo J, Amoroso CL, Muhirwa E, Uwilingiyemungu JN, Nkikabahizi F, Habimana R, Hedt-Gauthier BL.
BMC Pediatr
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Dental caries management at a rural district hospital in northern Rwanda: a neglected disease.
Authors: Authors: Mukashyaka C, Uzabakiriho B, Amoroso CL, Mpunga T, Odhiambo J, Mukashema P, Seymour BA, Sindayigaya Jde D, Hedt-Gauthier BL.
Public Health Action
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Risk factors for homicide victimization in post-genocide Rwanda: a population -based case- control study.
Authors: Authors: Rubanzana W, Ntaganira J, Freeman MD, Hedt-Gauthier BL.
BMC Public Health
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Data for Program Management: An Accuracy Assessment of Data Collected in Household Registers by Community Health Workers in Southern Kayonza, Rwanda.
Authors: Authors: Mitsunaga T, Hedt-Gauthier BL, Ngizwenayo E, Farmer DB, Gaju E, Drobac P, Basinga P, Hirschhorn L, Rich ML, Winch PJ, Ngabo F, Mugeni C.
J Community Health
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Approaches and impact of non-academic research capacity strengthening training models in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review.
Authors: Authors: Mugabo L, Rouleau D, Odhiambo J, Nisingizwe MP, Amoroso C, Barebwanuwe P, Warugaba C, Habumugisha L, Hedt-Gauthier BL.
Health Res Policy Syst
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Validation of a community-based survey assessing non-obstetric surgical conditions in Burera District, Rwanda.
Authors: Authors: Linden AF, Maine R, Hedt-Gauthier BL, Kamanzi E, Mody G, Ntakiyiruta G, Kansayisa G, Ntaganda E, Niyonkuru F, Mubiligi J, Mpunga T, Meara JG, Riviello R.
Lancet
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Epidemiology of untreated non-obstetric surgical disease in Burera District, Rwanda: a cross-sectional survey.
Authors: Authors: Linden AF, Maine R, Hedt-Gauthier BL, Kamanzi E, Mody G, Ntakiyiruta G, Kansayisa G, Ntaganda E, Niyonkuru F, Mubiligi J, Mpunga T, Meara JG, Riviello R.
Lancet
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Strategies for monitoring and evaluation of resource-limited national antiretroviral therapy programs: the two-phase design.
Authors: Authors: Haneuse S, Hedt-Gauthier B, Chimbwandira F, Makombe S, Tenthani L, Jahn A.
BMC Med Res Methodol
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Depression and patterns of self-reported adherence to antiretroviral therapy in Rwanda.
Authors: Authors: Wroe EB, Hedt-Gauthier BL, Franke MF, Nsanzimana S, Turinimana JB, Drobac P.
Int J STD AIDS
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Exposure to genocide and risk of suicide in Rwanda: a population-based case-control study.
Authors: Authors: Rubanzana W, Hedt-Gauthier BL, Ntaganira J, Freeman MD.
J Epidemiol Community Health
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