Brandi Gilbert

Community Science

Brandi Gilbert is a research associate in the Metropolitan Housing and Communities Policy Center at the Urban Institute, where her research primarily focuses on disaster resilience. In the aftermath of the 2010 BP oil spill, she led a study on the impacts of the disaster on youth in Gulf Coast communities that focused on youth whose parents worked in seafood and shipbuilding industries. Her core research interest is in understanding the unique needs and capacities of youth in disaster preparedness, response, and recovery.