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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.

Adaptation and validation of the Children's Surgical Assessment Tool for Rwandan district hospitals.
Authors: Authors: Nuss S, Majyambere JP, Ntaganda E, Forbes C, Nkurunziza J, Mugabo C, Cubaka V, Hedt-Gauthier B.
Glob Health Action
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Reflections on Best Practices for Evidence Synthesis in Youth Mental Health for Low- and Middle-Income Countries.
Authors: Authors: Kumar M, Mugo C, Falkenström F, Hedt-Gauthier B, Huang KY.
J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry
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Population Effectiveness of Dolutegravir Implementation in Uganda: A Prospective Observational Cohort Study (DISCO), 48-Week Results.
Authors: Authors: McCluskey SM, Muyindike WR, Nanfuka V, Omoding D, Komukama N, Barigye IT, Kansiime L, Tumusiime J, Aung TN, Stuckwisch A, Hedt-Gauthier B, Marconi VC, Moosa MS, Pillay D, Giandhari J, Lessells R, Gupta RK, Siedner MJ.
J Infect Dis
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Regional variation in weight change after the transition to dolutegravir in Uganda and South Africa.
Authors: Authors: Migisha R, Chen G, Muyindike WR, Aung TN, Nanfuka V, Komukama N, Chandiwana N, Shazi G, Tien D, Moosa MS, Gupta RK, Pillay D, Marconi VC, Hedt-Gauthier B, Venter WDF, Siedner MJ, McCluskey SM, Manne-Goehler J.
AIDS
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COVID-19 vaccination strategies in Africa: A scoping review of the use of mathematical models to inform policy.
Authors: Authors: Ofori SK, Dankwa EA, Estrada EH, Hua X, Kimani TN, Wade CG, Buckee CO, Murray MB, Hedt-Gauthier BL.
Trop Med Int Health
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Distinct cytokine profiles in late pregnancy in Ugandan people with HIV.
Authors: Authors: Bebell LM, Ngonzi J, Butler A, Kumbakumba E, Adong J, Loos C, Boatin AA, Bassett IV, Siedner MJ, Williams PL, Mattie H, Hedt-Gauthier B, Correia KFB, Lake E, Alter G.
Sci Rep
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Are populations of postpartum women differentially served by community health worker programs: an observational cohort study from Zanzibar, Tanzania.
Authors: Authors: Olakkengil M, Said S, Abdalla O, Hofmann R, Hedt-Gauthier B, Fulcher I.
BMC Pregnancy Childbirth
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Increasing access to pediatric surgical care: Assessing district hospital readiness in rural Rwanda.
Authors: Authors: Nuss S, Nkurunziza J, Mugabo C, Kubwimana M, Benimana F, Uwera C, Nyirasabwa T, Nyirimanzi N, Forbes C, Majyambere JP, Kateera F, Hedt-Gauthier BL, Cubaka VK.
World J Surg
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Evidence-based Decision Making: Infectious Disease Modeling Training for Policymakers in East Africa.
Authors: Authors: Ofori SK, Dankwa EA, Ngwakongnwi E, Amberbir A, Bekele A, Murray MB, Grad YH, Buckee CO, Hedt-Gauthier BL.
Ann Glob Health
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The impact of COVID-19 and national pandemic responses on health service utilisation in seven low- and middle-income countries.
Authors: Authors: Fejfar D, Andom AT, Msuya M, Jeune MA, Lambert W, Varney PF, Aron MB, Connolly E, Juárez A, Aranda Z, Niyigena A, Cubaka VK, Boima F, Reed V, Law MR, Grépin KA, Mugunga JC, Hedt-Gauthier B, Fulcher I.
Glob Health Action
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