Ines Steffens is the editor-in-chief of Eurosurveillance. She succeeded Karl Ekdahl in this role in 2011.[1]

Ines Steffens
NationalityGerman
Scientific career
Fields
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Websitewww.eurosurveillance.org/board

Career

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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

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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  [ de] (association of pharmacists) defending Rolf Rosenbrock [de] of espionage accusations.[11]

References

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  1. ^ a b Nicoll A (2011). "Eurosurveillance - fifteen years of serving Europe". Eurosurveillance. 16 (45). doi:10.2807/ese.16.45.20015-en. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  2. ^ "Vom Tier zum Menschen Haustiere können Reservoir für Krankheitserreger sein - Einige dieser als Zoonosen bezeichneten Krankheiten können sogar gefährlich werden". 28 March 2007. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
  3. ^ "European Scientific Conference on Applied Infectious Disease Epidemiology (ESCAIDE) 2013 Abstract book". Retrieved 8 April 2021.
  4. ^ "Emerging Infectious Diseases 2015 Year in Review" (PDF). Retrieved 7 April 2021.
  5. ^ "Editorial Advisory Board". Retrieved 7 April 2021.
  6. ^ "Gender Policy Committee". European Association of Science Editors. Archived from the original on 7 October 2018. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
  7. ^ Squazzoni, Flaminio (14 November 2017). "EASE has established a peer review committee in which Peere is represented". Retrieved 8 April 2021.
  8. ^ "European Science Editing 94 Meeting reports President's report EASE AGM" (PDF). November 2019. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
  9. ^ "EASE Virtual Conference 2: The realities of being an editor in a time of crisis". 28 June 2020. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
  10. ^ Steffens, Ines (1994). "Langzeitergebnisse femoro-poplitealer Bypassoperationen: eine retrospektive Analyse/vorgelegt von Ines Steffens". Retrieved 8 April 2021.
  11. ^ "Offener Brief Studierende und Absolventen des Studienganges Public Health in Berlin" (PDF). VDPP Rundbrief - Mitteilungen des Vereins demokratischer Pharmazeutinnen und Pharmazeuten. 51: 31–32. 2000. Retrieved 8 April 2021.