Robert Hecht, PhD
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Professor in the Practice (Microbial Diseases)
Affiliated Faculty, Yale Institute for Global Health
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Dr. Hecht joined Yale College faculty in 2014 as a lecturer at the Jackson Institute for Global Affairs, where he continues to teach a senior global health capstone course. In 2017, Dr. Hecht was appointed as a clinical professor at the Yale School of Public Health and has since instructed a course for second-year MPH students on improving health reform and health system management, organization, and financing in low and middle-income countries.
Concurrently, Dr. Robert Hecht is the President of Pharos Global Health Advisors. He has more than 30 years of experience in global health, nutrition and development, in senior management positions with the World Bank, UNAIDS, the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative and Results for Development. Rob is a widely recognized thought leader and policy analyst with a strong track record of advice to top decision makers and dozens of publications related to immunization, HIV, health financing, health sector reform, and nutrition.
Last Updated on November 24, 2024.
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- PhD
- Cambridge University (1981)
- BA
- Yale University (1976)
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Global Health; Health Care Financing; Health Policy; HIV/AIDS; Infectious Diseases; Substance Use, Addiction; Vaccines
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A big-picture view of Robert Hecht's research output by year.
45Publications
966Citations
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2024
Cost-effectiveness of a simplified acute malnutrition program: a secondary analysis of the OptiMA randomized clinical trial in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Resch S, Sato R, Phelan K, Cazes C, Ombotimbe A, Hubert V, Boubacar H, Bozama L, Sakubu G, Tshiala B, Tusuku T, Alitanou R, Kouamé A, Yao C, Gabillard D, Kinda M, Becquet R, Shepherd S, Hecht R. Cost-effectiveness of a simplified acute malnutrition program: a secondary analysis of the OptiMA randomized clinical trial in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Health Policy And Planning 2024, 40: 273-286. PMID: 39513752, PMCID: PMC11886841, DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czae106.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitations
2022
Tanzania HIV Investment Case (IC) 2.0: Using modeling to explore optimization under severe resource constraints
Hiebert L, Resch S, Schutte C, Turay M, Zekeng L, Matiku S, Semini I, Stover J, Forsythe S, Hecht R. Tanzania HIV Investment Case (IC) 2.0: Using modeling to explore optimization under severe resource constraints. Journal Of Global Health Reports 2022, 5 DOI: 10.29392/001c.30063.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitations
2019
Responsible Resource Allocation, Public Health Stewardship, and Ethics
Hecht R, Arias D, Krubiner C. Responsible Resource Allocation, Public Health Stewardship, and Ethics. 2019, 829-841. DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190245191.013.72.BooksAltmetric
2018
The investment case for hepatitis B and C in South Africa: adaptation and innovation in policy analysis for disease program scale-up
Hecht R, Hiebert L, Spearman WC, Sonderup MW, Guthrie T, Hallett TB, Nayagam S, Razavi H, Soe-Lin S, Vilakazi-Nhlapo K, Pillay Y, Resch S. The investment case for hepatitis B and C in South Africa: adaptation and innovation in policy analysis for disease program scale-up. Health Policy And Planning 2018, 33: 528-538. PMID: 29529282, PMCID: PMC5894072, DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czy018.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricMorocco investment case for hepatitis C: using analysis to drive the translation of political commitment to action
Hecht R, Kaddar M, Resch S, El Kaim J, Perfect C, Sodqi M, Himmich H, Hiebert L. Morocco investment case for hepatitis C: using analysis to drive the translation of political commitment to action. Journal Of Global Health Reports 2018, 3 DOI: 10.29392/joghr.3.e2019011.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsTransitioning financial responsibility for health programs from external donors to developing countries: Key issues and recommendations for policy and research
Resch S, Hecht R. Transitioning financial responsibility for health programs from external donors to developing countries: Key issues and recommendations for policy and research. Journal Of Global Health 2018, 8: 010301. PMID: 29391944, PMCID: PMC5782833, DOI: 10.7189/jogh.08.010301.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsCitationsMorocco investment case for hepatitis C: using analysis to drive the translation of political commitment to action
Hecht R, Kaddar M, Resch S, El Kaim J, Perfect C, Sodqi M, Himmich H, Hiebert L. Morocco investment case for hepatitis C: using analysis to drive the translation of political commitment to action. Journal Of Global Health Reports 2018 DOI: 10.29392//001c.12031.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2017
PrEP for key populations in combination HIV prevention in Nairobi: a mathematical modelling study
Cremin I, McKinnon L, Kimani J, Cherutich P, Gakii G, Muriuki F, Kripke K, Hecht R, Kiragu M, Smith J, Hinsley W, Gelmon L, Hallett TB. PrEP for key populations in combination HIV prevention in Nairobi: a mathematical modelling study. The Lancet HIV 2017, 4: e214-e222. PMID: 28233660, DOI: 10.1016/s2352-3018(17)30021-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricReaching the global target to reduce stunting: an investment framework
Shekar M, Kakietek J, D’Alimonte M, Rogers H, Eberwein J, Akuoku J, Pereira A, Soe-Lin S, Hecht R. Reaching the global target to reduce stunting: an investment framework. Health Policy And Planning 2017, 32: 657-668. PMID: 28453717, PMCID: PMC5406759, DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czw184.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetric
2016
Reorienting health aid to meet post-2015 global health challenges: a case study of Sweden as a donor
Yamey G, Sundewall J, Saxenian H, Hecht R, Jordan K, Schäferhoff M, Schrade C, Deleye C, Thomas M, Blanchet N, Summers L, Jamison D. Reorienting health aid to meet post-2015 global health challenges: a case study of Sweden as a donor. Oxford Review Of Economic Policy 2016, 32: 122-146. DOI: 10.1093/oxrep/grv024.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetric
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08/01/2010 - PresentResearchDetailsDakar, Dakar Region, Senegalactivity Global Health Policy Research
08/01/2009 - PresentResearchDetailsPhnom Penh, Cambodiaactivity Global Health Policy Research
08/01/2004 - PresentResearchDetailsCape Town, WC, South Africaactivity Global Health Policy Research
08/01/2004 - PresentResearchDetailsKampala, Central Region, Ugandaactivity Global Health Policy Research
08/01/2004 - PresentResearchDetailsNairobi, Nairobi County, Kenya
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