Melissa L. Finucane

RAND Corporation — United States

Social Sciences · Social Sciences

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Research Topics

Risk Perception and Management(25), Disaster Management and Resilience(24), Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics(17), Climate Change Communication and Perception(16), Patient Satisfaction in Healthcare(13)

Publications143 total

COVID-19 disruption to routine behaviours and effects on mental health
Health Risk & Society·2025
Framework for a Community Health Observing System for the Gulf of Mexico Region: Preparing for Future Disasters
UNC Libraries·2023Open Access
Aging and Emotional Well-Being After Disasters: Vulnerability and Resilience
The Gerontologist·2023· 16 citedOpen Access
How Do We Know Whether Federal Disaster Programs Are Equitable? An Initial Methodology for Evaluating Social Equity Performance of the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities Mitigation Grant Program
RAND Corporation eBooks·2023· 1 citedOpen Access
Chapter 21 : Northeast. Fifth National Climate Assessment
2023· 9 cited
The Role of Nonprofit Organizations in Community Recovery After Nondeclared Disasters
RAND Corporation eBooks·2023Open Access
The Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities Mitigation Grant Program: Incorporating Hazard Risk and Social Equity into Decisionmaking Processes
RAND Corporation eBooks·2022· 5 cited
Do social isolation and neighborhood walkability influence relationships between COVID-19 experiences and wellbeing in predominantly Black urban areas?
Landscape and Urban Planning·2021· 38 citedOpen Access
Perceived Need for Mental Health Treatment and the Mental Health Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic in the United States
Psychiatry·2021· 3 citedOpen Access
Nationally Representative Sample Shows an Increase in Domestic Conflict Early in the COVID-19 Pandemic
Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness·2021· 3 citedOpen Access
Human Health and Socioeconomic Effects of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico
Oceanography·2021· 41 citedOpen Access
How disasters drive media channel preferences: Tracing news consumption before, during, and after Hurricane Harvey
Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management·2021· 16 cited
A longitudinal study of psychological distress in the United States before and during the COVID-19 pandemic
Preventive Medicine·2020· 231 citedOpen Access
Framework for a Community Health Observing System for the Gulf of Mexico Region: Preparing for Future Disasters
Frontiers in Public Health·2020· 21 citedOpen Access
Advancing Community Resilience Research and Practice
2020
Disaster experience, social capitals, and behavioral health
Natural Hazards·2020· 9 cited
From Awareness to Action: Accounting for Infrastructure Interdependencies in Disaster Response and Recovery Planning
GeoHealth·2020· 7 citedOpen Access
Natech or natural? An analysis of hazard perceptions, institutional trust, and future storm worry following Hurricane Harvey
Natural Hazards·2020· 17 citedOpen Access
Short-Term Solutions to a Long-Term Challenge: Rethinking Disaster Recovery Planning to Reduce Vulnerabilities and Inequities
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health·2020· 159 citedOpen Access
Developing Recovery Options for Puerto Rico's Economic and Disaster Recovery Plan: Process and Methodology
RAND Corporation eBooks·2020· 1 cited
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Frequent Co-authors

Paul Slovic(16), Ellen Peters(10), Andrew M. Parker(7), Donald G. MacGregor(6), Rajeev Ramchand(5), C. K. Mertz(4), Judith H. Hibbard(4), Mark Schlesinger(4), Rachel Grob(4), Dale Shaller(4), Steven C. Martino(4), Jennifer Cerully(4), Vanessa Parks(4), Lise Rybowski(3), V. W. Keener(3), Sumeet Saksena(3), Jefferson Fox(3), James H. Spencer(3), Tim Slack(3), Ali Alhakami(2)