Ines Steffens is the

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of ''

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''. She succeeded Karl Ekdahl in this role in 2011.

Career

Prior to joining ''Eurosurveillance'', Steffens worked at the

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, 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

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of the

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's journal. She was a member of the

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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

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had affected ''Eurosurveillance''

Education

Steffens studied medicine at

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, graduating in 1994. In 2000, while studying at the

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, she co-signed a letter published by the (association of pharmacists) defending of espionage accusations.

References

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