Ines Steffens is the editor-in-chief of Eurosurveillance. She succeeded Karl Ekdahl in this role in 2011.
Career
Prior to joining Eurosurveillance, Steffens worked at the Robert Koch Institute, where she was editor-in-chief of the , Germany's national epidemiology journal. She joined Eurosurveillance as managing editor in 2006 and became editor-in-chief in 2011. She spoke on behalf of Eurosurveillance at the 2015 International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases.
Steffens is a member of the editorial board of the European Food Safety Authority's journal. She was a member of the European Association of Science Editors Gender Policy Committee and the peer review committee in 2017. In addition, she was a member of the associations programme committee for the 2020 conference where she presented a virtual talk on how the COVID-19 pandemic had affected Eurosurveillance
Education
Steffens studied medicine at University of Mainz, graduating in 1994. In 2000, while studying at the Technical University of Berlin, she co-signed a letter published by the (association of pharmacists) defending of espionage accusations.
References
Year of birth missing (living people) Living people German women scientists Robert Koch Institute people Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz alumni Medical journal editors German epidemiologists