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Dr. Jayajit Chakraborty has been involved in a collaborative research project with Dr. Timothy W. Collins and Dr. Sara E. Grineski at the at the JAVÃûÅ®ÓÅ¹Ý of Utah that has examined environmental injustices and social vulnerabilities associated with the impacts of Hurricane Harvey, which caused catastrophic flooding and unprecedented damage in the Greater Houston metropolitan area of Texas in 2017. This project was funded by a  from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Humans, Disasters, and the Built Environment Program. The project leverages baseline data collected before Hurricane Harvey from a representative sample of Houston area households regarding their vulnerability to hurricanes and flooding and involves the rapid collection of post-Harvey survey data from the same set of households. By clarifying how pre-event factors shape households’ experiences, impacts, and short-term recovery during and immediately following Hurricane Harvey, this project provides new insights on determinants of human vulnerability to large-scale natural disasters that will be foundational to future efforts which seek to reduce disaster vulnerability nationwide. This research has resulted in several publications in top-tier journals coauthored by Dr. Chakraborty:

• Chakraborty J, Collins T, & Grineski S. (2019). . American Journal of Public Health 109: 244-250.
• Chakraborty J, Grineski S, & Collins T. (2019). . Social Science & Medicine 226: 176-181.
• Collins T, Grineski S, Chakraborty J, & Flores A. (2019). . Environmental Research 179: 108772.
• Grineski S, Flores A, Collins T, & Chakraborty J. (2020). . Disasters 44(2): 408-432.
• Flores A, Collins T, Grineski S, & Chakraborty J. (2020). . International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction 46: 101521.
• Flores A, Collins T, Grineski S, & Chakraborty J. (2020). . Public Health Reports. 135(4): 511-523.
• Chakraborty J, McAfee A, Collins T, & Grineski S. (2021). . Natural Hazards. DOI: 10.1007/s11069-021-04536-9.