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Hannah Gilbert, Ph.D.

Hannah Gilbert, PhD, is a medical anthropologist and lecturer in the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School. She teaches in the Master of Medical Sciences in Global Health Delivery program, co-directing courses on qualitative research methods for global health research, and mixed methods in global health delivery research. She is also the program’s advisor for qualitative research.

Dr. Gilbert conducts qualitative and ethnographic research on the social aspects of HIV treatment and research in sub-Saharan Africa. She is currently a member of Dr. Norma Ware’s research team, focusing on (1) social factors that shape uptake of male medical circumcision, (2) patient perspectives on decentralized care in West Africa, and (3) real-life implementation of prevention effective adherence.

Understanding reasons for suboptimal tuberculosis screening in a low-resource setting: A mixed-methods study in the Kingdom of Lesotho.
Authors: Authors: Andom AT, Gilbert HN, Ndayizigiye M, Mukherjee JS, Nthunya J, Marole TA, Smith Fawzi MC, Yuen CM.
PLOS Glob Public Health
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Exploring Access and Utilization of Early Intervention Services Among Families Experiencing Homelessness: A Qualitative Study.
Authors: Authors: Lee M, Adnan T, Gilbert H, Obando A, Chatterjee A.
J Health Care Poor Underserved
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How community ART delivery may improve HIV treatment outcomes: Qualitative inquiry into mechanisms of effect in a randomized trial of community-based ART initiation, monitoring and re-supply (DO ART) in South Africa and Uganda.
Authors: Authors: Gilbert HN, Wyatt MA, Pisarski EE, Asiimwe S, van Rooyen H, Seeley J, Shahmanesh M, Turyamureeba B, van Heerden A, Adeagbo O, Celum CL, Barnabas RV, Ware NC.
J Int AIDS Soc
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Role of the Global Fund in national HIV/AIDS response in Myanmar: a qualitative study.
Authors: Authors: Htun Z, Zhao Y, Gilbert H, Lu C.
Glob Health Res Policy
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Under-five malnutrition among Palestine refugee children living in camps in Jordan: a mixed-methods study.
Authors: Authors: AbuKishk N, Gilbert H, Seita A, Mukherjee J, Rohloff PJ.
BMJ Glob Health
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Sustainability Assessment of a District-Wide Quality Improvement on Newborn Care Program in Rural Rwanda: A Mixed-Method Study.
Authors: Authors: Nahimana E, Magge H, Bizimana F, Nyishime M, Lively CT, Gilbert H, Gauthier BH, Sayinzoga F, Nkikabahizi F, Hirschhorn LR.
Ann Glob Health
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Assessing burden, risk factors, and perceived impact of uterine fibroids on women's lives in rural Haiti: implications for advancing a health equity agenda, a mixed methods study.
Authors: Authors: Millien C, Manzi A, Katz AM, Gilbert H, Smith Fawzi MC, Farmer PE, Mukherjee J.
Int J Equity Health
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Literacy is power: structural drivers of child malnutrition in rural Liberia.
Authors: Authors: Kumeh OW, Fallah MP, Desai IK, Gilbert HN, Silverstein JB, Beste S, Beste J, Mukherjee JS, Richardson ET.
BMJ Nutr Prev Health
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Barriers and facilitators influencing facility-based childbirth in rural Haiti: a mixed method study with a convergent design.
Authors: Authors: Raymondville M, Rodriguez CA, Richterman A, Jerome G, Katz A, Gilbert H, Anderson G, Joseph JP, Franke MF, Ivers LC.
BMJ Glob Health
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PrEP Discontinuation and Prevention-Effective Adherence: Experiences of PrEP Users in Ugandan HIV Serodiscordant Couples.
Authors: Authors: Gilbert HN, Wyatt MA, Pisarski EE, Muwonge TR, Heffron R, Katabira ET, Celum CL, Baeten JM, Haberer JE, Ware NC.
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr
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