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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 and maternal and perinatal outcomes.
Authors: Authors: Aranda Z, Fulcher IR, Hedt-Gauthier B, Mugunga JC, Binde T.
Lancet Glob Health
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Using the COVID-19 pandemic to reimagine global health teaching in high-income countries.
Authors: Authors: Atkins S, Banerjee AT, Bachynski K, Daftary A, Desai G, Gross A, Hedt-Gauthier B, Mendenhall E, Meier BM, Nixon SA, Nolan A, Palermo TM, Phelan A, Pyzik O, Roach P, Sangaramoorthy T, Standley CJ, Yamey G, Abimbola S, Pai M.
BMJ Glob Health
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How Do We Decolonize Global Health in Medical Education?
Authors: Authors: Garba DL, Stankey MC, Jayaram A, Hedt-Gauthier BL.
Ann Glob Health
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Improving health facility delivery rates in Zanzibar, Tanzania through a large-scale digital community health volunteer programme: a process evaluation.
Authors: Authors: Fulcher IR, Nelson AR, Tibaijuka JI, Seif SS, Lilienfeld S, Abdalla OA, Beckmann N, Layer EH, Hedt-Gauthier B, Hofmann RL.
Health Policy Plan
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A combination sampling approach for epidemiologic research in humanitarian settings: a case analysis of a study of depressive disorder prevalence among refugees in Greece.
Authors: Authors: Poole DN, Raymond NA, Berens J, Latonero M, Ricard J, Hedt-Gauthier B.
BMC Public Health
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One hundred thirty-three observed COVID-19 deaths in 10 months: unpacking lower than predicted mortality in Rwanda.
Authors: Authors: Musanabaganwa C, Cubaka V, Mpabuka E, Semakula M, Nahayo E, Hedt-Gauthier BL, Ng KCS, Murray MB, Kateera F, Mutesa L, Nsanzimana S.
BMJ Glob Health
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SARS-CoV-2 serosurveys in low-income and middle-income countries.
Authors: Authors: Mugunga JC, Tyagi K, Bernal-Serrano D, Correa N, Iberico M, Kateera F, Leandre F, Murray M, Suffrin JCD, Hedt-Gauthier B.
Lancet
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Mixed Methods Lot Quality Assurance Sampling: A novel, rapid methodology to inform equity focused maternal health programming in rural Rajasthan, India.
Authors: Authors: Brar AS, Hedt-Gauthier BL, Hirschhorn LR.
PLoS One
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Knowledge among patients with Hepatitis C initiating on direct-acting antiviral treatment in rural Rwanda: A prospective cohort study.
Authors: Authors: Barnhart DA, Kamali I, Nyirahabihirwe F, Mugabo C, Gakuru JP, Uwase M, Nizeyumuremyi E, Musafiri T, Gatete JD, Makuza JD, Kateera F, Hedt-Gauthier B, Ndahimana JD.
Glob Health Action
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Surgical Site Infections and Antimicrobial Resistance After Cesarean Section Delivery in Rural Rwanda.
Authors: Authors: Velin L, Umutesi G, Riviello R, Muwanguzi M, Bebell LM, Yankurije M, Faktor K, Nkurunziza T, Rukundo G, de Dieu Gatete J, Emil I, Hedt-Gauthier BL, Kateera F.
Ann Glob Health
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