She received a Ph.D. in Biomedical Science with a concentration in microbiology from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai for her dissertation “Phenotypic Analysis of Dengue Virus with Different Epidemic Capacities in Primary Human Cells and Vector Contribution to Infectivity.” Afterward, she completed an M.P.H. with a concentration in quantitative methods from the Harvard School of Public Health. At TUSDM, Dr. Pagni works with pre-doctoral students, residents, master’s degree candidates, and faculty on research project development and analysis. Dr. Pagni’s research has been published in several peer-reviewed journals including PLoS Pathogens, Immunologic Research and Environmental Microbiology. She was inducted into the Robert R. Andrews Research Honor Society in 2016.