Prof. Dr. Bernadette Biondi is a Full Professor of Internal Medicine at the Department of Clinical Medicine and Surgery, University of Naples, Federico II Medical School, Italy. She is a tutorial teacher in Endocrinology and Cardiovascular Endocrinology for the students of the University of Naples Medical School. She researches cardiovascular endocrinology and clinical thyroidology, with a special focus on subclinical thyroid dysfunction. Her clinical research has focused on the cardiovascular effects of thyroid hormone, subclinical thyroid disease and clinical outcomes in patients with thyroid cancer. She is a member of the American Thyroid Association, the Endocrine Society, the European Thyroid Association and the Italian Society of Endocrinology.