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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.

mHealth-community health worker telemedicine intervention for surgical site infection diagnosis: a prospective study among women delivering via caesarean section in rural Rwanda.
Authors: Authors: Nkurunziza T, Williams W, Kateera F, Riviello R, Niyigena A, Miranda E, Bikorimana L, Nkurunziza J, Velin L, Goodman AS, Matousek A, Klug SJ, Gaju E, Hedt-Gauthier BL.
BMJ Glob Health
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The Effect and Feasibility of mHealth-Supported Surgical Site Infection Diagnosis by Community Health Workers After Cesarean Section in Rural Rwanda: Randomized Controlled Trial.
Authors: Authors: Kateera F, Riviello R, Goodman A, Nkurunziza T, Cherian T, Bikorimana L, Nkurunziza J, Nahimana E, Habiyakare C, Ntakiyiruta G, Matousek A, Gaju E, Gruendl M, Powell B, Sonderman K, Koch R, Hedt-Gauthier B.
JMIR Mhealth Uhealth
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Enablers and barriers to post-discharge follow-up among women who have undergone a caesarean section: experiences from a prospective cohort in rural Rwanda.
Authors: Authors: Nkurunziza T, Riviello R, Kateera F, Nihiwacu E, Nkurunziza J, Gruendl M, Klug SJ, Hedt-Gauthier B.
BMC Health Serv Res
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Small-sample inference for cluster-based outcome-dependent sampling schemes in resource-limited settings: Investigating low birthweight in Rwanda.
Authors: Authors: Sauer S, Hedt-Gauthier B, Rivera-Rodriguez C, Haneuse S.
Biometrics
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Does community-based health insurance protect women from financial catastrophe after cesarean section? A prospective study from a rural hospital in Rwanda.
Authors: Authors: Koch R, Nkurunziza T, Rudolfson N, Nkurunziza J, Bakorimana L, Irasubiza H, Sonderman K, Riviello R, Hedt-Gauthier BL, Shrime M, Kateera F.
BMC Health Serv Res
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The true costs of cesarean delivery for patients in rural Rwanda: Accounting for post-discharge expenses in estimated health expenditures.
Authors: Authors: Niyigena A, Alayande B, Bikorimana L, Miranda E, Rudolfson N, Ndagijimana D, Kateera F, Riviello R, Hedt-Gauthier B.
Int J Equity Health
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Understanding Repeat Positive HIV Testing in South Africa Under Changing Treatment Guidelines.
Authors: Authors: Nardell MF, Hedt-Gauthier B, Earnshaw VA, Bogart LM, Dietrich JJ, Courtney I, Tshabalala G, Bor J, Orrell C, Gray G, Bangsberg DR, Katz IT.
AIDS Behav
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Caregiver parenting practices, dietary diversity knowledge, and association with early childhood development outcomes among children aged 18-29?months in Zanzibar, Tanzania: a cross-sectional survey.
Authors: Authors: Russell AL, Hentschel E, Fulcher I, Ravà MS, Abdulkarim G, Abdalla O, Said S, Khamis H, Hedt-Gauthier B, Wilson K.
BMC Public Health
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Childhood immunization during the COVID-19 pandemic: experiences in Haiti, Lesotho, Liberia and Malawi.
Authors: Authors: Connolly E, Boley EJ, Fejfar DL, Varney PF, Aron MB, Fulcher IR, Lambert W, Ndayizigiye M, Law MR, Mugunga JC, Hedt-Gauthier B.
Bull World Health Organ
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Machine learning for maternal health: Predicting delivery location in a community health worker program in Zanzibar.
Authors: Authors: Fredriksson A, Fulcher IR, Russell AL, Li T, Tsai YT, Seif SS, Mpembeni RN, Hedt-Gauthier B.
Front Digit Health
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