[1] 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.
[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.
[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] 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.