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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.

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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We Asked the Experts: Global Surgery-Seeing Beyond the Silo.
Authors: Authors: Umutesi G, Davies J, Hedt-Gauthier BL.
World J Surg
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Variability of water, sanitation, and hygiene conditions and the potential infection risk following cesarean delivery in rural Rwanda.
Authors: Authors: Robb KA, Habiyakare C, Kateera F, Nkurunziza T, Dusabe L, Kubwimana M, Powell B, Koch R, Gruendl M, Ngamije P, Riviello R, Hedt-Gauthier B.
J Water Health
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Spatial-temporal trends in forced migrant mortality, 2014-2018.
Authors: Authors: Poole DN, Hedt-Gauthier B, Bärnighausen T, Verguet S, Castro MC.
BMJ Glob Health
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The All Babies Count Initiative: Impact of a Health System Improvement Approach on Neonatal Care and Outcomes in Rwanda.
Authors: Authors: Magge H, Nahimana E, Mugunga JC, Nkikabahizi F, Tadiri E, Sayinzoga F, Manzi A, Nyishime M, Biziyaremye F, Iyer H, Hedt-Gauthier B, Hirschhorn LR.
Glob Health Sci Pract
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Availability, Costs and Stock-Outs of Essential NCD Drugs in Three Rural Rwandan Districts.
Authors: Authors: Mukundiyukuri JP, Irakiza JJ, Nyirahabimana N, Ng'ang'a L, Park PH, Ngoga G, El-Khatib Z, Nditunze L, Dusengeyezu E, Rusangwa C, Mpunga T, Mubiligi J, Hedt-Gauthier B.
Ann Glob Health
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Presentation of Pediatric Unintentional Injuries at Rural Hospitals in Rwanda: A Retrospective Study.
Authors: Authors: Bagahirwa I, Mukeshimana M, Cherian T, Nkurunziza T, El-Khatib Z, Byiringiro JC, Ng'ang'a L, Rusingiza E, Riviello R, Ndayisaba GF, Hedt-Gauthier BL.
Ann Glob Health
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Postoperative Rheumatic Heart Disease Follow-Up: Creating a National Registry and First Results from Rwanda.
Authors: Authors: Ntaganda E, Rusingiza E, Rukundo G, Ng'ang'a L, Hedt-Gauthier B, El-Khatib Z, Kwan GF, Gapira G, Worrall NK, Swain J, Kagame A, Mutumbira C, Ruhamya N, Bolman C, Sewase J, Ndayisaba G, Bolman Iii RM, Goldberg H, Mucumbitsi J.
Ann Glob Health
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Diagnosing Post-Cesarean Surgical Site Infections in Rural Rwanda: Development, Validation, and Field Testing of a Screening Algorithm for Use by Community Health Workers.
Authors: Authors: Cherian T, Hedt-Gauthier B, Nkurunziza T, Sonderman K, Gruendl MA, Nihiwacu E, Ramadhan B, Gaju E, Nahimana E, Habiyakare C, Ntakiyiruta G, Matousek A, Riviello R, Kateera F.
Surg Infect (Larchmt)
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Implementation, Outputs, and Cost of a National Operational Research Training in Rwanda.
Authors: Authors: Odhiambo J, Miller AC, Nyirahabimana N, Ng'ang'a L, Kateera F, Hedt-Gauthier BL.
Ann Glob Health
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