Prof. Sykiotis is a physician–scientist specializing in clinical and basic endocrinology with a special focus on thyroid physiology and thyroid diseases, including thyroid cancer. Since 2015, he is responsible for the thyroid clinic at the Endocrinology Service of the CHUV (Lausanne University Hospital). His basic research, funded primarily by the Swiss National Science Foundation, focuses on the roles of cellular antioxidant response systems in thyroid physiology and pathophysiology. His clinical research focuses on the needs of patients with thyroid diseases, including quality of life among thyroid cancer patients and survivors.