Marcia Pescador Jimenez

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

Websites

	BU URBAN
	Spatial and Contextual Exposomics and Epidemiology Laboratory (SPaCEE Lab)
	NIH NLM Complete Bibliography

ORCID : 0000-0001-5240-7898

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.

BU Research
NIH RePORTER Research

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
5R00AG066949-04

Title

Yr	Title	Project-Sub Proj	Pubs
2024	Neurodegenerative diseases and the role of green space: A deep learning assessment	5R00AG066949-05
2023	Neurodegenerative diseases and the role of green space: A deep learning assessment	5R00AG066949-04
2022	Neurodegenerative diseases and the role of green space: A deep learning assessment	4R00AG066949-03
2021	Neurodegenerative diseases and the role of green space: A deep learning assessment	5K99AG066949-02
2020	Neurodegenerative diseases and the role of green space: A deep learning assessment	1K99AG066949-01
2018	Sensitive Periods: Prospective Associations of Childhood and Adulthood Neighborhoods with Life Course Obesity and Blood Presure Trajectories	5F31HL134300-02	2
2016	Sensitive Periods: Prospective Associations of Childhood and Adulthood Neighborhoods with Life Course Obesity and Blood Presure Trajectories	1F31HL134300-01	2

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Browning MHEM, Hanley JR, Bailey CR, Beatley T, Gailey S, Hipp JA, Larson LR, James P, Jennings V, Jimenez MP, Kahn PH, Li D, Reuben A, Rigolon A, Sachs NA, Pearson AL, Minson CT. Quantifying Nature: Introducing NatureScoreTM and NatureDoseTM as Health Analysis and Promotion Tools. Am J Health Promot. 2024 Jan; 38(1):126-134. PMID: 38126317; PMCID: PMC10876217; DOI: 10.1177/08901171231210806b;

Jimenez MP, Gause EL, 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. medRxiv. 2023 Sep 08.View Related Profiles.

Glymour, Maria
Pescador Jimenez, Marcia

PMID: 37732261; PMCID: PMC10508807; DOI: 10.1101/2023.09.07.23295205;

Besser LM, Jimenez MP, Reimer CJ, Meyer OL, Mitsova D, George KM, Adkins-Jackson PB, Galvin JE. Diversity of Studies on Neighborhood Greenspace and Brain Health by Racialized/Ethnic Group and Geographic Region: A Rapid Review. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2023 Apr 27; 20(9). PMID: 37174185; PMCID: PMC10178609; DOI: 10.3390/ijerph20095666;

Willis MD, Wesselink AK, Hystad P, Pescador Jimenez M, Coleman CM, Kirwa K, Hatch EE, Wise LA. Associations between Residential Greenspace and Fecundability in a North American Preconception Cohort Study. Environ Health Perspect. 2023 Apr; 131(4):47012.View Related Profiles.

Wesselink, Amelia
Hatch, Elizabeth
Kirwa, Kipruto
Wise, Lauren
Pescador Jimenez, Marcia
Willis, Mary

PMID: 37098782; PMCID: PMC10132140; DOI: 10.1289/EHP10648;

Stowell JD, Ngo C, Jimenez MP, Kinney PL, James P. Development of a global urban greenness indicator dataset for 1,000+ cities. Data Brief. 2023 Jun; 48:109140.View Related Profiles.

Stowell, Jennifer
Pescador Jimenez, Marcia
Kinney, Patrick

PMID: 37069950; PMCID: PMC10088350; DOI: 10.1016/j.dib.2023.109140;

Klompmaker JO, Laden F, Browning MHEM, Dominici F, Jimenez MP, Ogletree SS, Rigolon A, Zanobetti A, Hart JE, James P. Associations of Greenness, Parks, and Blue Space With Neurodegenerative Disease Hospitalizations Among Older US Adults. JAMA Netw Open. 2022 Dec 01; 5(12):e2247664. PMID: 36538329; PMCID: PMC9856892; DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.47664;

Blas-Miranda NB, Lozada-Tequeanes AL, Miranda-Zuñiga JA, Jimenez MP. Green Space Exposure and Obesity in the Mexican Adult Population. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Nov 16; 19(22). PMID: 36429792; PMCID: PMC9690096; DOI: 10.3390/ijerph192215072;

Hirsch JA, Michael YL, Moore KA, Melly S, Hughes TM, Hayden K, Luchsinger JA, Jimenez MP, James P, Besser LM, Sánchez B, Diez Roux AV. Longitudinal neighbourhood determinants with cognitive health and dementia disparities: protocol of the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis Neighborhoods and Aging prospective cohort study. BMJ Open. 2022 Nov 11; 12(11):e066971. PMID: 36368762; PMCID: PMC9660618; DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-066971;

James P, Wilt GE, Jimenez MP. Invited Perspective: Can My Smartphone Assess My Exposure? The Potential to Retroactively Estimate Personalized Exposures using Smartphone Location Data. Environ Health Perspect. 2022 Nov; 130(11):111304. PMID: 36356209; PMCID: PMC9648903; DOI: 10.1289/EHP12237;

Jimenez MP, Gutierrez TB, Soria-Contreras DC, Abdel Magid HS, Kaufman JS, Committee Of The Society For Epidemiologic Research OBOTDAI. Increasing Representation of Epidemiologists From Around the World in the Society for Epidemiologic Research: The Case of Mexico. Am J Epidemiol. 2022 Oct 20; 191(11):1842-1846. PMID: 35896787; PMCID: PMC9767647; DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwac127;

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Maitre L, Guimbaud JB, Warembourg C, Güil-Oumrait N, Petrone PM, Chadeau-Hyam M, Vrijheid M, Basagaña X, Gonzalez JR. State-of-the-art methods for exposure-health studies: Results from the exposome data challenge event. Environ Int. 2022 Oct; 168:107422. PMID: 36058017; DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2022.107422;

Zagnoli F, Filippini T, Jimenez MP, Wise LA, Hatch EE, Vinceti M. Is Greenness Associated with Dementia? A Systematic Review and Dose-Response Meta-analysis. Curr Environ Health Rep. 2022 Dec; 9(4):574-590.View Related Profiles.

Hatch, Elizabeth
Wise, Lauren
Pescador Jimenez, Marcia
Vinceti, Marco

PMID: 35857243; PMCID: PMC9729322; DOI: 10.1007/s40572-022-00365-5;

Jimenez MP, Suel E, Rifas-Shiman SL, Hystad P, Larkin A, Hankey S, Just AC, Redline S, Oken E, James P. Street-view greenspace exposure and objective sleep characteristics among children. Environ Res. 2022 11; 214(Pt 1):113744. PMID: 35760115; PMCID: PMC9930007; DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2022.113744;

Brochu P, Jimenez MP, James P, Kinney PL, Lane K. Benefits of Increasing Greenness on All-Cause Mortality in the Largest Metropolitan Areas of the United States Within the Past Two Decades. Front Public Health. 2022; 10:841936.View Related Profiles.

Lane, Kevin
Pescador Jimenez, Marcia
Kinney, Patrick

PMID: 35619828; PMCID: PMC9127575; DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.841936;

Jimenez MP, Elliott EG, DeVille NV, Laden F, Hart JE, Weuve J, Grodstein F, James P. Residential Green Space and Cognitive Function in a Large Cohort of Middle-Aged Women. JAMA Netw Open. 2022 Apr 01; 5(4):e229306.View Related Profiles.

Weuve, Jennifer
Pescador Jimenez, Marcia

PMID: 35476063; PMCID: PMC9047638; DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.9306;

Jimenez MP, Shoaff J, Kioumourtzoglou MA, Korrick S, Rifas-Shiman SL, Hivert MF, Oken E, James P. Early-Life Exposure to Green Space and Mid-Childhood Cognition in the Project Viva Cohort, Massachusetts. Am J Epidemiol. 2022 01 01; 191(1):115-125. PMID: 34308473; PMCID: PMC8897997; DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwab209;

Jay J, de Jong J, Jimenez MP, Nguyen Q, Goldstick J. Effects of demolishing abandoned buildings on firearm violence: a moderation analysis using aerial imagery and deep learning. Inj Prev. 2022 Jun; 28(3):249-255.View Related Profiles.

Jay, Jonathan
Pescador Jimenez, Marcia

PMID: 34876475; PMCID: PMC8662662; DOI: 10.1136/injuryprev-2021-044412;

Romanello M, McGushin A, Di Napoli C, Drummond P, Hughes N, Jamart L, Kennard H, Lampard P, Solano Rodriguez B, Arnell N, Ayeb-Karlsson S, Belesova K, Cai W, Campbell-Lendrum D, Capstick S, Chambers J, Chu L, Ciampi L, Dalin C, Dasandi N, Dasgupta S, Davies M, Dominguez-Salas P, Dubrow R, Ebi KL, Eckelman M, Ekins P, Escobar LE, Georgeson L, Grace D, Graham H, Gunther SH, Hartinger S, He K, Heaviside C, Hess J, Hsu SC, Jankin S, Jimenez MP, Kelman I, Kiesewetter G, Kinney PL, Kjellstrom T, Kniveton D, Lee JKW, Lemke B, Liu Y, Liu Z, Lott M, Lowe R, Martinez-Urtaza J, Maslin M, McAllister L, McMichael C, Mi Z, Milner J, Minor K, Mohajeri N, Moradi-Lakeh M, Morrissey K, Munzert S, Murray KA, Neville T, Nilsson M, Obradovich N, Sewe MO, Oreszczyn T, Otto M, Owfi F, Pearman O, Pencheon D, Rabbaniha M, Robinson E, Rocklöv J, Salas RN, Semenza JC, Sherman J, Shi L, Springmann M, Tabatabaei M, Taylor J, Trinanes J, Shumake-Guillemot J, Vu B, Wagner F, Wilkinson P, Winning M, Yglesias M, Zhang S, Gong P, Montgomery H, Costello A, Hamilton I. The 2021 report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: code red for a healthy future. Lancet. 2021 10 30; 398(10311):1619-1662.View Related Profiles.

Pescador Jimenez, Marcia
Kinney, Patrick

PMID: 34687662

Jimenez MP, Aris IM, Rifas-Shiman S, Young J, Tiemeier H, Hivert MF, Oken E, James P. Early life exposure to greenness and executive function and behavior: An application of inverse probability weighting of marginal structural models. Environ Pollut. 2021 Dec 15; 291:118208. PMID: 34740291; PMCID: PMC9208930; DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2021.118208;

Iyer HS, DeVille NV, Stoddard O, Cole J, Myers SS, Li H, Elliott EG, Jimenez MP, James P, Golden CD. Sustaining planetary health through systems thinking: Public health's critical role. SSM Popul Health. 2021 Sep; 15:100844. PMID: 34179331; PMCID: PMC8213960; DOI: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2021.100844;

Aris IM, Rifas-Shiman SL, Jimenez MP, Li LJ, Hivert MF, Oken E, James P. Neighborhood Child Opportunity Index and Adolescent Cardiometabolic Risk. Pediatrics. 2021 02; 147(2). PMID: 33479165; PMCID: PMC7906069; DOI: 10.1542/peds.2020-018903;

Jimenez, M.P.* DeVille, N.V.* Elliott, E.G. Schiff, J.E. Wilt, G.E. Hart, J.E. James, P. Associations of Nature Exposure and Health: A Review of the Evidence. International Journal of Environmental Research. 2021.

Watts N, Amann M, Arnell N, Ayeb-Karlsson S, Beagley J, Belesova K, Boykoff M, Byass P, Cai W, Campbell-Lendrum D, Capstick S, Chambers J, Coleman S, Dalin C, Daly M, Dasandi N, Dasgupta S, Davies M, Di Napoli C, Dominguez-Salas P, Drummond P, Dubrow R, Ebi KL, Eckelman M, Ekins P, Escobar LE, Georgeson L, Golder S, Grace D, Graham H, Haggar P, Hamilton I, Hartinger S, Hess J, Hsu SC, Hughes N, Jankin Mikhaylov S, Jimenez MP, Kelman I, Kennard H, Kiesewetter G, Kinney PL, Kjellstrom T, Kniveton D, Lampard P, Lemke B, Liu Y, Liu Z, Lott M, Lowe R, Martinez-Urtaza J, Maslin M, McAllister L, McGushin A, McMichael C, Milner J, Moradi-Lakeh M, Morrissey K, Munzert S, Murray KA, Neville T, Nilsson M, Sewe MO, Oreszczyn T, Otto M, Owfi F, Pearman O, Pencheon D, Quinn R, Rabbaniha M, Robinson E, Rocklöv J, Romanello M, Semenza JC, Sherman J, Shi L, Springmann M, Tabatabaei M, Taylor J, Triñanes J, Shumake-Guillemot J, Vu B, Wilkinson P, Winning M, Gong P, Montgomery H, Costello A. The 2020 report of The Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: responding to converging crises. Lancet. 2021 01 09; 397(10269):129-170.View Related Profiles.

Pescador Jimenez, Marcia
Kinney, Patrick

PMID: 33278353

Kim R, Lippert AM, Wedow R, Jimenez MP, Subramanian SV. The Relative Contributions of Socioeconomic and Genetic Factors to Variations in Body Mass Index Among Young Adults. Am J Epidemiol. 2020 11 02; 189(11):1333-1341. PMID: 32286605; PMCID: PMC7731990; DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwaa058;

Anenberg SC, Bindl M, Brauer M, Castillo JJ, Cavalieri S, Duncan BN, Fiore AM, Fuller R, Goldberg DL, Henze DK, Hess J, Holloway T, James P, Jin X, Kheirbek I, Kinney PL, Liu Y, Mohegh A, Patz J, Jimenez MP, Roy A, Tong D, Walker K, Watts N, West JJ. Using Satellites to Track Indicators of Global Air Pollution and Climate Change Impacts: Lessons Learned From a NASA-Supported Science-Stakeholder Collaborative. Geohealth. 2020 Jul; 4(7):e2020GH000270.View Related Profiles.

Pescador Jimenez, Marcia
Kinney, Patrick

PMID: 32642628; PMCID: PMC7334378; DOI: 10.1029/2020GH000270;

Jimenez MP, Oken E, Gold DR, Luttmann-Gibson H, Requia WJ, Rifas-Shiman SL, Gingras V, Hivert MF, Rimm EB, James P. Early life exposure to green space and insulin resistance: An assessment from infancy to early adolescence. Environ Int. 2020 09; 142:105849. PMID: 32593049; PMCID: PMC7784302; DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2020.105849;

Jimenez MP, Wellenius GA, James P, Subramanian SV, Buka S, Eaton C, Gilman SE, Loucks EB. Associations of types of green space across the life-course with blood pressure and body mass index. Environ Res. 2020 06; 185:109411.View Related Profiles.

Wellenius, Gregory
Pescador Jimenez, Marcia

PMID: 32240843; PMCID: PMC9993347; DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2020.109411;

Jimenez MP, Wellenius GA, Subramanian SV, Buka S, Eaton C, Gilman SE, Loucks EB. Longitudinal associations of neighborhood socioeconomic status with cardiovascular risk factors: A 46-year follow-up study. Soc Sci Med. 2019 11; 241:112574.View Related Profiles.

Wellenius, Gregory
Pescador Jimenez, Marcia

PMID: 31593787; PMCID: PMC6913883; DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2019.112574;

Gilman SE, Huang YT, Jimenez MP, Agha G, Chu SH, Eaton CB, Goldstein RB, Kelsey KT, Buka SL, Loucks EB. Early life disadvantage and adult adiposity: tests of sensitive periods during childhood and behavioural mediation in adulthood. Int J Epidemiol. 2019 02 01; 48(1):98-107. PMID: 30277525; PMCID: PMC6380308; DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyy199;

Verma AA, Jimenez MP, Tangermann RH, Subramanian SV, Razak F. Insecurity, polio vaccination rates, and polio incidence in northwest Pakistan. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2018 02 13; 115(7):1593-1598. PMID: 29378938; PMCID: PMC5816148; DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1711923115;

Jimenez MP, Green MA, Subramanian SV, Razak F. A demographic, clinical, and behavioral typology of obesity in the United States: an analysis of National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2011-2012. Ann Epidemiol. 2018 03; 28(3):175-181.e4. PMID: 29402536; PMCID: PMC5986075; DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2018.01.001;

Verma AA, Jimenez MP, Subramanian SV, Sniderman AD, Razak F. Race and Socioeconomic Differences Associated With Changes in Statin Eligibility Under the 2013 American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Cholesterol Guidelines. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2017 Sep; 10(9). PMID: 28912201; DOI: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.117.003764;

Noelke C, McGovern M, Corsi DJ, Jimenez MP, Stern A, Wing IS, Berkman L. Increasing ambient temperature reduces emotional well-being. Environ Res. 2016 Nov; 151:124-129. PMID: 27475052; DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2016.06.045;

Vable AM, Kawachi I, Canning D, Glymour MM, Jimenez MP, Subramanian SV. Are There Spillover Effects from the GI Bill? The Mental Health of Wives of Korean War Veterans. PLoS One. 2016; 11(5):e0154203.View Related Profiles.

Glymour, Maria
Pescador Jimenez, Marcia

PMID: 27186983; PMCID: PMC4871362; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0154203;

Beltrán-Sánchez H, Jiménez MP, Subramanian SV. Assessing morbidity compression in two cohorts from the Health and Retirement Study. J Epidemiol Community Health. 2016 10; 70(10):1011-6. PMID: 27103663; PMCID: PMC5486403; DOI: 10.1136/jech-2015-206722;

Vable AM, Canning D, Glymour MM, Kawachi I, Jimenez MP, Subramanian SV. Can social policy influence socioeconomic disparities? Korean War GI Bill eligibility and markers of depression. Ann Epidemiol. 2016 Feb; 26(2):129-135.e3.View Related Profiles.

Glymour, Maria
Pescador Jimenez, Marcia

PMID: 26778285; PMCID: PMC5508577; DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2015.12.003;

Su S, Jimenez MP, Roberts CT, Loucks EB. The role of adverse childhood experiences in cardiovascular disease risk: a review with emphasis on plausible mechanisms. Curr Cardiol Rep. 2015 Oct; 17(10):88. PMID: 26289252; PMCID: PMC4941633; DOI: 10.1007/s11886-015-0645-1;

Jiménez MP, Osypuk TL, Arevalo S, Tucker KL, Falcon LM. Neighborhood socioeconomic context and change in allostatic load among older Puerto Ricans: The Boston Puerto Rican health study. Health Place. 2015 May; 33:1-8. PMID: 25706323; PMCID: PMC4409499; DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2015.02.001;

Todorova IL, Tucker KL, Jimenez MP, Lincoln AK, Arevalo S, Falcón LM. Determinants of self-rated health and the role of acculturation: implications for health inequalities. Ethn Health. 2013; 18(6):563-85.View Related Profiles.

Lincoln, Alisa
Pescador Jimenez, Marcia

PMID: 23425383; PMCID: PMC3758374; DOI: 10.1080/13557858.2013.771147;

This graph shows the total number of publications by year, by first, middle/unknown, or last author.

Bar chart showing 39 publications over 11 distinct years, with a maximum of 11 publications in 2022

Bar chart showing 39 publications over 11 distinct years, with a maximum of 11 publications in 2022

Year	Publications
2013	1
2015	3
2016	3
2017	1
2018	2
2019	2
2020	5
2021	6
2022	11
2023	4
2024	1

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Increasing greenery in urban areas may reduce mortality of all causes, study reveals

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Green spaces can reduce the risk of dementia in middle-aged women. This is why

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Green space may cut dementia risk for middle-aged women

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Living Near Greenery Could Give You a Brain Boost—and Reduce Dementia Risk

BU Today 5/4/2022

Living in a 'Greener' Neighborhood Could Boost Cognitive Function

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Living Near Greenery Could Improve Cognitive Function

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Living in areas with more greenery may boost cognitive function: study

Medical Xpress 4/27/2022

Why living near trees can help reduce depression and shave a year off mental decline

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Residential exposure to greenspace may improve overall cognitive function

News Medical 4/27/2022

Why Living Near Greenery Helps Us Think Better

Psychology Today 4/27/2022

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