Ines Steffens

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Ines Steffens
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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  [ de ], 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 the Technical University of Berlin, she co-signed a letter published by the Verein Demokratischer Pharmazeutinnen und Pharmazeuten  [ de ] (association of pharmacists) defending Rolf Rosenbrock  [ de ] of espionage accusations. [11]

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