Alessia Pepe graduated with a Degree in Medicine in 1999 at the University of Palermo, Italy, where she also completed her postgraduate cardiological training in 2003, radiological training in 2014, and obtained the Ph.D. in 2007. She is a Professor at the Department of Medicine, Institute of Radiology, University of Padua, Italy, in the quality of a level III Cardiovascular Imaging Coordinator and Deputy Director. Her main research interest includes the application of CMR in rare diseases, specifically restrictive cardiomyopathies, scleroderma, and hemoglobinopathies.