David S. Buck

David S. Buck is a Clinical Professor in the Department of Community Health at the University of Houston. His research focuses on leveraging big data to predict community vulnerability during disasters such as pandemics (e.g., COVID-19) and natural disasters (e.g., Hurricane Harvey). He collaborates with the Patient Care Intervention Center, a local nonprofit, to analyze over 12,000 variables (social, demographic, and medical) and develop interactive risk-index maps for Harris County census tracts.

His work emphasizes data-driven decision-making in disaster relief, combining visualization techniques with interdisciplinary data sources to support equitable resource allocation. No specific academic awards or grants are explicitly listed in the provided text.