Ines Steffens
German epidemiologist
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Ines Steffens is the editor-in-chief of Eurosurveillance. She succeeded Karl Ekdahl in this role in 2011.[1]
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Career
Prior to joining Eurosurveillance, Steffens worked at the Robert Koch Institute,[2] where she was editor-in-chief of the Epidemiologisches Bulletin, Germany's national epidemiology journal.[3] She joined Eurosurveillance as managing editor in 2006 and became editor-in-chief in 2011.[1] She spoke on behalf of Eurosurveillance at the 2015 International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases.[4]
Steffens is a member of the editorial board of the European Food Safety Authority's journal.[5] She was a member of the European Association of Science Editors' Gender Policy Committee[6] and the peer review committee in 2017.[7] In addition, she was a member of the association's programme committee for the 2020 conference [8] where she presented a virtual talk on how the COVID-19 pandemic had affected Eurosurveillance[9]
Education
Steffens studied medicine at University of Mainz, graduating in 1994.[10] In 2000, while studying at Technische Universität Berlin, she co-signed a letter published by the Verein Demokratischer Pharmazeutinnen und Pharmazeuten (association of pharmacists) defending Rolf Rosenbrock of espionage accusations.[11]