Marcia Pescador Jimenez
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Marcia I. Pescador Jimenez, PhD, MS, MS

Associate Professor, Epidemiology - Boston University School of Public Health

(617) 358-3728
jimenezm@bu.edu
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Biography

Marcia Pescador Jimenez, PhD is an Associate 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.

Education

  • Brown University, PhD Field of Study: Epidemiology
  • Northeastern University, MS Field of Study: Sociology
  • Katholieke Univ Leuven, MS Field of Study: Statistics
  • Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, BS Field of Study: Actuarial Science

Websites

Classes Taught

  • SPHEP850

Publications

  • Published on 9/17/2025

    Flesaker M, Kraal AZ, Avila-Rieger JF, Glymour MM, Gradus JL, Briceño EM, Manly JJ, Kobayashi LC, Pescador Jimenez M. Cognitive data harmonization across two racially diverse cohorts in the United States. Alzheimers Dement Behav Socioecon Aging. 2025 Sep 17; 1(3). PMID: 40988999.

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  • Published on 7/6/2025

    Yi L, Hart JE, Wilt G, Hu CR, Jimenez MP, Lin PD, Suel E, Hystad P, Hankey S, Zhang W, Chavarro JE, Laden F, James P. GPS-based street-view greenspace exposure and wearable assessed physical activity in a prospective cohort of US women. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act. 2025 Jul 06; 22(1):92. PMID: 40619433.

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  • Published on 4/4/2025

    Yi L, Hart JE, Roscoe C, Mehta UV, Pescador Jimenez M, Lin PD, Suel E, Hystad P, Hankey S, Zhang W, Okereke OI, Laden F, James P. Greenspace and depression incidence in the US-based nationwide Nurses' Health Study II: A deep learning analysis of street-view imagery. Environ Int. 2025 Apr; 198:109429. PMID: 40209395.

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  • Published on 4/1/2025

    Tewolde S, Rosenberg SB, Estrada JAG, Jimenez MP, Scott A, Higgins A, Rubenstein E. Epidemiology of Alzheimer Disease and Related Dementia Among Medicare and Medicaid Enrolled Autistic Adults, 2011-2019. Autism Res. 2025 May; 18(5):1077-1086. PMID: 40166852.

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  • Published on 4/1/2025

    Martin GK, Rojas-Rueda D, Fong KC, Jimenez MP, Kinney PL, Canales R, Anenberg SC. A health impact assessment of progress towards urban nature targets in the 96 C40 cities. Lancet Planet Health. 2025 Apr; 9(4):e284-e293. PMID: 40252675.

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  • Published on 12/2/2024

    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.

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  • Published on 11/26/2024

    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.

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  • Published on 9/3/2024

    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. PMID: 39312235.

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  • Published on 7/17/2024

    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.

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  • Published on 7/10/2024

    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.

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