Marcia Pescador Jimenez, PhD Hear my name
Assistant Professor
Boston University School of Public Health
Epidemiology

PhD, Brown University
MS, Northeastern University
MS, Katholieke Univ Leuven
BS, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México



Marcia Pescador Jimenez, PhD is an assistant Professor at the Epidemiology Department at Boston University. Marcia received her PhD in epidemiology from the Brown University School of Public Health and completed an NHLBI T32 postdoctoral fellowship in cardiovascular disease and environmental epidemiology at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. She is formally trained as a cardiovascular, environmental and aging epidemiologist with a multidisciplinary research portfolio in the epidemiology of aging, specifically geographic contextual risk factors and racial/ethnic disparities.
Her early work evaluated the relationship between greenspace and hypertension among adults. More recently, she has extended this to examine the relationship between greenspace and cognitive development among children and mediation analysis between greenspace and cognitive function. Her current work focuses on novel metrics of greenspace and the urban environment using Deep Learning Algorithms and Google Street View images. She has extensive experience working with several cohort studies, including, the New England Family Study, Project Viva, the Nurses Health Studies, and the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. She is currently funded through a K99/R00 Pathway to Independence Award from the National Institute on Aging which aims to quantify the role of built and natural environment on cognitive functioning and Alzheimer's disease risk, evaluating racial/ethnic disparities.


Race/ethnicity and Environmental Stressors: POtential drivers of Dementia and stroke inequities (RESPOnD)
07/15/2024 - 06/30/2029 (PI)
NIH/National Institute of Neurological Disorders & Stroke
1R01NS139186-01

Environmental Resources for Individual Cognitive Health/Resilience (EnRICH)
05/15/2024 - 02/28/2029 (PI)
NIH/National Institute on Aging
1R01AG087199-01

Modifiable environmental exposures in relation to brain health
08/01/2023 - 07/31/2026 (PI)
Alzheimer's Association


Neurodegenerative diseases and the role of green space: A deep learning assessment
03/09/2022 - 02/28/2025 (PI)
NIH/National Institute on Aging
5R00AG066949-05



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  1. Yi L, Harnois-Leblanc S, Rifas-Shiman SL, Suel E, Pescador Jimenez M, Lin PD, Hystad P, Hankey S, Zhang W, Hivert MF, Oken E, Aris IM, James P. Satellite-Based and Street-View Green Space and Adiposity in US Children. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 Dec 02; 7(12):e2449113. PMID: 39636637; PMCID: PMC11621986; DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.49113;
     
  2. Yi L, Rifas-Shiman S, Pescador Jimenez M, Lin PD, Suel E, Hystad P, Larkin A, Hankey S, Zhang W, Klompmaker J, Oken E, Hivert MF, Aris I, James P. Assessing greenspace and cardiovascular health through deep-learning analysis of street-view imagery in a cohort of US children. Environ Res. 2025 Jan 15; 265:120459. PMID: 39603586
     
  3. Rubenstein E, Tewolde S, Michals A, Weuve J, Fortea J, Fox MP, Pescador Jimenez M, Scott A, Tripodis Y, Skotko BG. Alzheimer Dementia Among Individuals With Down Syndrome. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 Sep 03; 7(9):e2435018.View Related Profiles. PMID: 39312235; PMCID: PMC11420697; DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.35018;
     
  4. Pescador Jimenez M, Wagner M, Laden F, Hart JE, Grodstein F, James P. Midlife Residential Greenness and Late-Life Cognitive Decline among Nurses' Health Study Participants. Environ Health Perspect. 2024 Jul; 132(7):77003. PMID: 39016600; PMCID: PMC11253812; DOI: 10.1289/EHP13588;
     
  5. Rojas-Saunero LP, Hughes TM, Mayeda ER, Jimenez MP. Racial and ethnic differences in the risk of dementia diagnosis under hypothetical blood pressure-lowering interventions: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. Alzheimers Dement. 2024 Aug; 20(8):5271-5280. PMID: 38984649; PMCID: PMC11350054; DOI: 10.1002/alz.13894;
     
  6. Reimer CJ, Willis MD, Wesselink AK, Hystad P, Campbell EJ, Hatch EE, Kirwa K, Gradus JL, Vinceti M, Wise LA, Jimenez MP. Exposure to residential greenness, perceived stress, and depressive symptoms in a North American preconception cohort. Environ Res. 2024 Nov 01; 260:119438.View Related Profiles. PMID: 38901815
     
  7. Klompmaker JO, Mork D, Zanobetti A, Braun D, Hankey S, Hart JE, Hystad P, Jimenez MP, Laden F, Larkin A, Lin PD, Suel E, Yi L, Zhang W, Delaney SW, James P. Associations of street-view greenspace with Parkinson's disease hospitalizations in an open cohort of elderly US Medicare beneficiaries. Environ Int. 2024 Jun; 188:108739. PMID: 38754245; PMCID: PMC11199351; DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2024.108739;
     
  8. Towe-Goodman N, McArthur KL, Willoughby M, Swingler MM, Wychgram C, Just AC, Kloog I, Bennett DH, Berry D, Hazlehurst MF, James P, Jimenez MP, Lai JS, Leve LD, Gatzke-Kopp L, Schweitzer JB, Bekelman TA, Calub C, Carnell S, Deoni S, D'Sa V, Kelly C, Koinis-Mitchell D, Petriello M, Thapaliya G, Wright RJ, Zhang X, Kress AM. Green Space and Internalizing or Externalizing Symptoms Among Children. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 Apr 01; 7(4):e245742. PMID: 38598238; PMCID: PMC11007572; DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.5742;
     
  9. Jimenez MP, Gause EL, Sims KD, Hayes-Larson E, Morris EP, Fletcher E, Manly J, Gilsanz P, Soh Y, Corrada M, Whitmer RA, Glymour MM. Racial and ethnic differences in the association between depressive symptoms and cognitive outcomes in older adults: Findings from KHANDLE and STAR. Alzheimers Dement. 2024 May; 20(5):3147-3156.View Related Profiles. PMID: 38477489; PMCID: PMC11095484; DOI: 10.1002/alz.13768;
     
  10. Martin GK, O'Dell K, Kinney PL, Pescador-Jimenez M, Rojas-Rueda D, Canales R, Anenberg SC. Tracking Progress Toward Urban Nature Targets Using Landcover and Vegetation Indices: A Global Study for the 96 C40 Cities. Geohealth. 2024 Mar; 8(3):e2023GH000996.View Related Profiles. PMID: 38419836; PMCID: PMC10897363; DOI: 10.1029/2023GH000996;
     
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