Michelle Kondo, PhD

Treesearch Publications

• Amber Palmer-McCabe, Michelle Kondo, Russell K. McIntire, Hamil Pearsall, Anneclaire J. De Roos. 2026. Green stormwater infrastructure and perception of the neighborhood social environment in Philadelphia 2010–2018
• Dustin Fry, Jalayna Antoine, Kylan Simpson, Ava-Clare Steed, Charles C. Branas, Mark Nieuwenhuijsen, Kristin Mmari, Michelle Kondo. 2026. The effect of place-based nature interventions on human health: A systematic review
• Kathryn G Burford, Alexander X Lo, James W Quinn, Remle P Crowe, Allan C Just, Michelle Kondo, John R Beard, Andrew G Rundle. 2025. Tree canopy cover and injurious pedestrian falls: a location-based case-control study
• Kristin Mmari, Marina C. Jenkins, Rebecca Skinner, Beth Marshall, Cara Wychgram, Dustin Fry, Dexter H. Locke, Amanda Phillips‑De Lucas, Michelle Kondo. 2025. Cultivating health: the role of urban greening in supporting Baltimore’s youth
• Michelle Kondo, Deepti Adlakha, Melissa Marselle, Nicole Odell, Katarzyna Olcon, Katherine Deutsch, Xiaoqi Feng, Aaron Hipp, Thomas Astell-Burt, Kerryn Husk. 2025. Barriers to participation in nature prescriptions: evidence from a cross‐sectional survey of adults in Australia, India, Singapore, the United Kingdom, and the United States
• Katherine P. Theall, Jasmine Wallace, Amber Tucker, Kimberly Wu, Brigham Walker, Jeanette Gustat, Michelle Kondo, Christopher Morrison, Casius Pealer, Charles C. Branas, Lisa Richardson. 2025. Building a culture of health through the built environment: impact of a cluster randomized trial remediating vacant and abandoned property on health mindsets
• Julia M. Fleckman, Julie Ford, Sophia Eisenberg, Catherine A. Taylor, Michelle Kondo, Christopher N. Morrison, Charles C. Branas, Stacy S. Drury, Katherine P. Theall. 2025. From neighborhood to household: connections between neighborhood vacant and abandoned property and family violence
• Katherine P. Theall, Lexie M. Contreras, Samantha Francois, Michelle Kondo, Charles C. Branas. 2025. Place-based approaches to firearm violence prevention
• Yun-Ting Yen, Leah H. Schinasi, Brisa N. Sánchez, Steven Melly, Kari Moore, Christopher B. Forrest, Chén C. Kenyon, Michelle Kondo, Anneclaire J. De Roos. 2025. Is local air pollution concentration a moderator or mediator of the association between residential greenspace and pediatric asthma exacerbations? A longitudinal study of pediatric patients in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Nicole Odell, J. Aaron Hipp, Katarzyna Olcoń, Deepti Adlakha, Michelle Kondo, Thomas Astell-Burt, Xiaoqi Feng. 2024. Factors influencing likelihood of participation in green social prescriptions in an international sample
• Wanyu Huang, Anneclaire J. De Roos, Michelle Kondo, Jane E. Clougherty, Yuzhe Zhao, Leah H. Schinasi. 2024. Gender and violent crime modify associations between greenspace and cardiovascular disease mortality in Philadelphia, PA
• Thomas Astell-Burt, Michelle Kondo, Tanya Pritchard, Katarzyna Olcon, J. Aaron Hipp, Deepti Adlakha, Evangelos Pappas, Xiaoqi Feng. 2024. Contact with nature, nature prescriptions, and loneliness: Evidence from an international survey of adults in Australia, India, Singapore, the United Kingdom, and the United States
• Dustin Fry, Lara Roman, Michelle Kondo. 2024. Comparing mapped park and greenspace boundaries in Philadelphia: implications for exposure assessment in health studies
• Dustin Fry, Russell K. McIntire, Michelle Kondo. 2024. Understanding perceived park access and physical activity among older adults: A structural equation modeling approach
• Georgia M.C. Dyer, Sasha Khomenko, Deepti Adlakha, Susan Anenberg, Julianna Angelova, Martin Behnisch, Geoff Boeing, Xuan Chen, Marta Cirach, Kees de Hoogh, Ana V Diez Roux, Manuel Esperon-Rodriguez, Benjamin Flueckiger, Antonio Gasparrini, Tamara Iungman, Haneen Khreis, Michelle Kondo, Pierre Masselot, Robert I McDonald, Federica Montana, Rich Mitchell, Natalie Mueller, M. Omar Nawaz, Evelise Pereira, Enrico Pisoni, Rafael Prieto-Curiel, Nazanin Rezaei, Diego Rybski, José J. Ramasco, Rossano Schifanella, Saif Shabou, Lambed Tatah, Hannes Taubenböck, Cathryn Tonne, Daniel Velázquez-Cortés, James Woodcock, Qin Zhang, Mark Nieuwenhuijsen. 2024. Commentary: A road map for future data-driven urban planning and environmental health research
• Georgia M.C. Dyer, Sasha Khomenko, Deepti Adlakha, Susan Anenberg, Martin Behnisch, Geoff Boeing, Manuel Esperon-Rodriguez, Antonio Gasparrini, Haneen Khreis, Michelle Kondo, Pierre Masselot, Robert I McDonald, Federica Montana, Rich Mitchell, Natalie Mueller, M. Omar Nawaz, Enrico Pisoni, Rafael Prieto-Curiel, Nazanin Rezaei, Hannes Taubenböck, Cathryn Tonne, Daniel Velázquez-Cortés, Mark Nieuwenhuijsen. 2024. Exploring the nexus of urban form, transport, environment and health in large-scale urban studies: A state-of-the-art scoping review
• Gabriella D. Roude, Kimberly Wu, Lisa Richardson, Amber Tucker, Lolita Moss, Michelle Kondo, Christopher N. Morrison, Charles C. Branas, Jeanette Gustat, Katherine P. Theall. 2024. The Impact of Vacant and Abandoned Property on Health and Well-Being: A Qualitative Inquiry
• Michelle Kondo, Dexter H. Locke, Meghan Hazer, Tamar Mendelson, Rebecca L. Fix, Ashley Joshi, Megan Latshaw, Dustin Fry, Kristin Mmari. 2024. A greening theory of change: How neighborhood greening impacts adolescent health disparities
• Gregory Bushman, Michelle Kondo, Laney A. Rupp, Bernadette C. Hohl, Catherine H. Gong, Marc A. Zimmerman. 2023. Associations between land bank ownership and stewardship of vacant properties and crime, violence, and youth victimization in Flint, MI
• Bernadette C. Hohl, Michelle Kondo, Laney A. Rupp, Richard C. Sadler, Catherine H. Gong, Kai Le, Melissa Hertlein, Christina Kelly, Marc A. Zimmerman. 2023. Community identified characteristics related to illegal dumping; a mixed methods study to inform prevention
• Leah H. Schinasi, Michelle Kondo, Janelle Edwards, Jane E. Clougherty, Anneclaire J. De Roos, Usama Bilal. 2023. Does Urban Greenspace Reduce Mortality Inequalities Based on Poverty, Race, or Both in Philadelphia, PA?
• Dexter H. Locke, R.L. Fix, A.N. Gobaud, C.N. Morrison, J. Jay, Michelle Kondo. 2023. Vacant Building Removals Associated with Relative Reductions in Violent and Property Crimes in Baltimore, MD 2014–2019
• Geoffrey Donovan, Phillip Rodbell, Michelle Kondo. 2023. Sustaining human and community health through urban forestry
• Leigh Rauk, Laney Rupp, Bernadette C. Hohl, Michelle Kondo, Lexie Ornelas, Patrick M. Carter, Marc A. Zimmerman. 2023. Lessons learned from local vacant land management organizations for engaging youth in greening
• Thomas Astell-Burt, J. Aaron Hipp, Birgitta Gatersleben, Deepti Adlakha, Melissa Marselle, Katarzyna Olcoń, Evangelos Pappas, Michelle Kondo, Gillian Booth, Simon Bacon, Melissa Lem, Monique Francois, Elizabeth Halcomb, Lorna Moxham, Patricia Davidson, Xiaoqi Feng. 2023. Need and Interest in Nature Prescriptions to Protect Cardiovascular and Mental Health: A Nationally-Representative Study With Insights for Future Randomised Trials
• Catherine H. Gong, Gregory Bushman, Bernadette C. Hohl, Michelle Kondo, Patrick M. Carter, Rebecca M. Cunningham, Laney A. Rupp, Alison Grodzinski, Charles C. Branas, Kevin J. Vagi, Marc A. Zimmerman. 2023. Community engagement, greening, and violent crime: A test of the greening hypothesis and Busy Streets
• Jonathan Jay, Michelle Kondo, Vivian H. Lyons, Emma Gause, Eugenia C. South. 2022. Neighborhood segregation, tree cover and firearm violence in 6 U.S. cities, 2015–2020
• Michelle Kondo, Russell K. McIntire, Usama Bilal, Leah H. Schinasi. 2022. Reduction in socioeconomic inequalities in self-reported mental health conditions with increasing greenspace exposure
• Jonathan Jay, Felicia Heykoop, Linda Hwang, Alexa Courtepatte, Jorrit de Jong, Michelle Kondo. 2022. Use of smartphone mobility data to analyze city park visits during the COVID-19 pandemic
• Laney A. Rupp, Michelle Kondo, Bernadette C. Hohl, Evaine K. Sing, Alison R. Grodzinski, Marc A. Zimmerman. 2022. The effects of organizations engaging residents in greening vacant lots: Insights from a United States national survey
• Michelle Kondo, Erica Felker-Kantor, Kimberly Wu, Jeanette Gustat, Christopher N. Morrison, Lisa Richardson, Charles C. Branas, Katherine P. Theall. 2022. Stress and Distress during the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Role of Neighborhood Context
• Michelle Kondo, Christopher Zuidema, Hector A. Moran, Sarah Jovan, Monika Derrien, Weston Brinkley, Anneclaire J. De Roos, Loni Philip. Tabb. 2022. Spatial predictors of heavy metal concentrations in epiphytic moss samples in Seattle, WA
• Celina Koh, Michelle Kondo, Heather Rollins, Usama Bilal. 2022. Socioeconomic Disparities in Hypertension by Levels of Green Space Availability: A Cross-Sectional Study in Philadelphia, PA
• Hessam Sadatsafavi, Naomi A. Sachs, Mardelle M. Shepley, Michelle Kondo, Ruth A. Barankevich. 2022. Vacant lot remediation and firearm violence – A meta-analysis and benefit-to-cost evaluation
• Michelle Kondo, Colleen E. Reid, Miranda H. Mockrin, Warren E. E. Heilman, David Long. 2022. Socio-demographic and health vulnerability in prescribed-burn exposed versus unexposed counties near the National Forest System
• Cassidy J. Burt, Michelle Kondo, Bernadette C. Hohl, Catherine H. Gong, Gregory Bushman, Caroline Wixom, Eugenia C. South, Rebecca M. Cunningham, Patrick M. Carter, Charles C. Branas, Marc A. Zimmerman. 2022. Community Greening, Fear of Crime, and Mental Health Outcomes
• Michelle Kondo, Michelle Degli Esposti, Jonathan Jay, Christopher N. Morrison, Bridget Freisthler, Claire Jones, Jingzhen Yang, Deena Chisolm, Charles Branas, Bernadette Hohl. 2022. Changes in crime surrounding an urban home renovation and rebuild programme
• Katherine P. Theall, Christopher N. Morrison, Sara F. Jacoby, Amber Tucker, Maeve E. Wallace, Michelle Kondo, Charles C. Branas, Jeanette Gustat. 2022. Neighborhood Blighted Property Removal and 311 Calls for Non‐Emergency Services: A Test of a Marker of Social Control
• Michelle Kondo, Jane E. Clougherty, Bernadette C. Hohl, Charles C. Branas. 2021. Gender Differences in Impacts of Place-Based Neighborhood Greening Interventions on Fear of Violence Based on a Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial
• Evelise Pereira Barboza, Marta Cirach, Sasha Khomenko, Tamara Lungman, Natalie Mueller, Jose Barrera-Gomez, Michelle Kondo, Mark Nieuwenhuijsen. 2021. Green space and mortality in European cities: a health impact assessment study
• Pablo Knobel, Michelle Kondo, Roser Maneja, Yuzhe Zhao, Payam Dadvand, Leah H. Schinasi. 2021. Associations of objective and perceived greenness measures with cardiovascular risk factors in Philadelphia, PA: A spatial analysis
• Hamil Pearsall, Anneclaire J. De Roos, Stephen Dickinson, Patrick L. Gurian, Yuki Kato, Michelle Kondo, Asa Lewis. 2020. The benefits and costs of urban public spaces
• Sandhya Kajeepeta, Katherine P. Theall, Michelle Kondo, Charles C. Branas, Maeve E. Wallace, Sara F. Jacoby, Christopher N. Morrison. 2020. The association between blighted property remediation and domestic crime by alcohol availability
• Michelle Kondo, Kehinde O. Oyekanmi, Allison Gibson, Eugenia C. South, Jason Bocarro, J. Aaron. Hipp. 2020. Nature Prescriptions for Health: A Review of Evidence and Research Opportunities
• Michelle Kondo, Natalie Mueller, Dexter H. Locke, Lara Roman, David Rojas-Rueda, Leah Schinasi, Mireia Gascon, Mark J. Nieuwenhuijsen. 2020. Health impact assessment of Philadelphia's 2025 tree canopy cover goals
• Anneclaire J. De Roos, Michelle Kondo, Lucy F. Robinson, Arjita Rai, Michael Ryan, Charles N. Haas, José Lojo, Jerald A. Fagliano. 2020. Heavy precipitation, drinking water source, and acute gastrointestinal illness in Philadelphia, 2015-2017
• Michelle Kondo, Margarita Triguero-Mas, David Donaire-Gonzalez, Edmund Seto, Antònia Valentín, Gemma Hurst, Glòria Carrasco-Turigas, Daniel Masterson, Albert Ambròs, Naomi Ellis, Wim Swart, Nora C. Davis, Jolanda Maas, Michael Jerrett, Christopher J. Gidlow, Mark J. Nieuwenhuijsen. 2020. Momentary mood response to natural outdoor environments in four European cities
• Viniece Jennings, Richard Schulterbrandt Gragg, C. Perry Brown, Dudley R. Hartel, Eric Kuehler, Alex Sinykin, Elijah Johnson, Michelle Kondo. 2019. Structural Characteristics of Tree Cover and the Association with Cardiovascular and Respiratory Health in Tampa, FL
• Daniel G. Clark, Benjamin Ukert, Jason Urroz, Carolyn Ward, Michelle Kondo. 2019. Predictors of Return Visits to Trails with Self-Guided Materials for Children
• Bernadette C. Hohl, Michelle Kondo, Sandhya Kajeepeta, John M. MacDonald, Katherine P. Theall, Marc A. Zimmerman, Charles C. Branas. 2019. Creating Safe And Healthy Neighborhoods With Place-Based Violence Interventions
• Rebecca Gernes, Cole Brokamp, Glenn E. Rice, J. Michael Wright, Michelle Kondo, Yvonne L. Michael, Geoffrey Donovan, Demetrios Gatziolis, David Bernstein, Grace K. LeMasters, James E. Lockey, Gurjit K. Khurana Hershey, Patrick H. Ryan. 2019. Using high-resolution residential greenspace measures in an urban environment to assess risks of allergy outcomes in children
• Meghan Crnic, Michelle Kondo. 2019. Nature Rx: Reemergence of Pediatric Nature-Based Therapeutic Programs From the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries
• Justine S. Sefcik, Michelle Kondo, Heather Klusaritz, Elisa Sarantschin, Sara Solomon, Abbey Roepke, Eugenia C. South, Sara F. Jacoby. 2019. Perceptions of Nature and Access to Green Space in Four Urban Neighborhoods
• Michelle Kondo, Anneclaire De Roos, Lauren White, Warren E. E. Heilman, Miranda H. Mockrin, Carol Gross-Davis, Igor Burstyn. 2019. Meta-Analysis of Heterogeneity in the Effects of Wildfire Smoke Exposure on Respiratory Health in North America
• Michelle Kondo, Christopher Morrison, Sara F. Jacoby, Liana Elliott, Albert Poche, Katherine P. Theall, Charles C. Branas. 2018. Blight Abatement of Vacant Land and Crime in New Orleans
• Eugenia C. South, Bernadette C. Hohl, Michelle Kondo, John M. MacDonald, Charles C. Branas. 2018. Effect of Greening Vacant Land on Mental Health of Community-Dwelling Adults
• Michelle Kondo, Sara F. Jacoby, Eugenia C. South. 2018. Does spending time outdoors reduce stress? A review of real-time stress response to outdoor environments
• Michelle Kondo, Elena Andreyeva, Eugenia C. South, John M. MacDonald, Charles C. Branas. 2018. Neighborhood Interventions to Reduce Violence
• Charles C. Branas, Eugenia South, Michelle Kondo, Bernadette C. Hohl, Philippe Bourgois, Douglas J. Wiebe, John M. MacDonald. 2018. Citywide cluster randomized trial to restore blighted vacant land and its effects on violence, crime, and fear
• Michelle Kondo, Jaime Fluehr, Thomas McKeon, Charles Branas. 2018. Urban Green Space and Its Impact on Human Health
• Michelle Kondo, Christopher Morrison, Erick Guerra, Elinore J. Kaufman, Douglas J. Wiebe. 2018. Where do bike lanes work best? A Bayesian spatial model of bicycle lanes and bicycle crashes
• Megan Heckert, Michelle Kondo. 2018. Can “Cleaned and Greened” Lots Take on the Role of Public Greenspace?
• Anneclaire J. De Roos, Patrick L. Gurian, Lucy F. Robinson, Arjita Rai, Issa Zakeri, Michelle Kondo. 2017. Review of epidemiological studies of drinking-water turbidity in relation to acute gastrointestinal illness
• Michelle Kondo, Eugenia C. South, Charles C. Branas, Therese S. Richmond, Douglas J. Wiebe. 2017. The association between urban tree cover and gun assault: A case-control and case-crossover study
• Dexter H. Locke, SeungHoon Han, Michelle Kondo, Colleen Murphy-Dunning, Mary Cox. 2017. Did community greening reduce crime? Evidence from New Haven, CT, 1996-2007
• Michelle Kondo, SeungHoon Han, Geoffrey Donovan, John M. MacDonald. 2017. The association between urban trees and crime: Evidence from the spread of the emerald ash borer in Cincinnati
• Michelle Kondo. 2016. Case study of childspace
• Rebecca Gernes, Richard Hertzberg, Margaret MacDonell, Glenn Rice, J. Michael Wright, Glennon Beresin, Travis Miller, Julia Africa, Geoffrey Donovan, J. Aaron Hipp, Perry Hystad, Laura Jackson, Michelle Kondo, Richard Mitchell, Mark Nieuwenhuijsen, Patrick Ryan, William Sullivan, Matilda Annerstedt van den Bosch. 2016. Estimating greenspace exposure and benefits for cumulative risk assessment applications
• Michelle Kondo, B. Hohl, S. Han, C. Branas. 2016. Effects of greening and community reuse of vacant lots on crime
• Michelle Kondo, Raghav Sharma, Alain F. Plante, Yunwen Yang, Igor Burstyn. 2016. Elemental Concentrations in Urban Green Stormwater Infrastructure Soils
• Michelle Kondo, Eugenia C. South, Charles C. Branas. 2015. Nature-based strategies for improving urban health and safety
• Michelle Kondo, Danya Keene, Bernadette C. Hohl, John M. MacDonald, Charles C. Branas. 2015. A Difference-In-Differences Study of the Effects of a New Abandoned Building Remediation Strategy on Safety
• Eugenia C. South, Michelle Kondo, Rose A. Cheney, Charles C. Branas. 2015. Neighborhood blight, stress, and health: a walking trial of urban greening and ambulatory heart rate
• Michelle Kondo, Sarah C. Low, Jason Henning, Charles C. Branas. 2015. The impact of green stormwater infrastructure installation on surrounding health and safety
• Michelle Kondo, Chris Mizes, John Lee, Jacqueline McGady-Saier, Lisa O'Malley, Ariel Diliberto, Igor Burstyn. 2014. Towards participatory air pollution exposure assessment in a goods movement community
• Michelle Kondo, Kent D.W. Bream, Frances K. Barg, Charles C. Branas. 2014. A random spatial sampling method in a rural developing nation
• Michelle Kondo, Carol Ann Gross-Davis, Katlyn May, Lauren O. Davis, Tyiesha Johnson, Mable Mallard, Alice Gabbadon, Claudia Sherrod, Charles C. Branas. 2014. Place-based stressors associated with industry and air pollution
• Michelle Kondo, Chris Mizes, John Lee, Igor Burstyn. 2014. Black carbon concentrations in a goods-movement neighborhood of Philadelphia, PA

• Project
  

  Duwamish Valley communities collaborate on urban air quality biomonitoring projects

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/pnw/projects/duwamishvalleyairquality
  Station

  Pacific Northwest Research Station
• Project
  

  Urban Greenspaces: Bridging Mental Health Disparities

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/nrs/projects/urbangreenspaces
  Station

  Northern Research Station
• Project
  

  Assessing the Participation, Effectiveness, and Equity of Revegetation Assistance Programs for Private and Tribal Landowners in the U.S.

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/nrs/projects/bil-revegetation-assistance-programs-private-tribal-landowners
  Station

  Northern Research Station
• Center or Group
  

  Philadelphia Urban Field Station

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/nrs/centers/philadelphia
  Station

  Northern Research Station
• Program
  

  Communities and Landscapes of the Urban Northeast

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/nrs/programs/urbanne
  Station

  Northern Research Station

Multimedia

• Webinars

  Methods and Public Health Impacts of Community-Based Urban Forestry Efforts

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/products/multimedia/webinars/methods-and-public-health-impacts-community-based-urban-forestry

• University of Washington, Ph.D., Urban Design and Planning, 2008
• University of Washington, M.U.P., Urban Design and Planning, 2001
• Carnegie Mellon University, B.S., Civil & Environmental Engineering, 1999