Professor Steven Riley: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Academic
- Role
- Chief Data Officer at UKHSA
- Quoted on
- Respiratory (asthma/COPD)
- Tracked press citations
- 5
- Most recently quoted
- 30 Sept 2026
“As an agency we are constantly exploring how we can use new technology, such as AI, to complement our existing surveillance systems, and this innovative partnership represents a potential important step toward integrating novel data streams into our national health intelligence. If successful, these insights could help us strengthen early warning systems for respiratory infections in the UK.”
What Professor Steven Riley has said
“No single surveillance system provides a complete picture of respiratory disease activity, but this shows that passive nocturnal cough monitoring can complement other surveillance systems to provide a timely population-level signal of upcoming disease trends.”
Chief Data Officer at UKHSA · Respiratory (asthma/COPD) · 29 Sept 2026 · Could your night-time cough help predict the next wave of flu or COVID-19? ↗
“These findings suggest that combining established surveillance approaches with novel digital health signals could contribute to an earlier, richer and more resilient understanding of population respiratory health.”
Chief Data Officer at UKHSA · Respiratory (asthma/COPD) · 29 Sept 2026 · UKHSA study finds AI sleep app could provide early warning of flu and covid-19 surges ↗
“These findings suggest that combining established surveillance approaches with novel digital health signals could contribute to an earlier, richer and more resilient understanding of population respiratory health.”
Chief data officer at UKHSA · Respiratory (asthma/COPD) · 29 Sept 2026 · Sleep app could spot respiratory infections and outbreaks earlier, study finds ↗
“As we continue to experience risks from a wide range of complex health security threats which disproportionately impact more vulnerable groups in our society, it is vital we continue to enhance our preparedness measures and resilience planning. While high potential impact and assessed likelihood means that respiratory infections with pandemic potential remain our greatest threat”
UKHSA chief data officer · Respiratory (asthma/COPD) · 10 Sept 2026 · Novel flu and coronavirus infections remain greatest health security threats ↗
Where Professor Steven Riley has been quoted
- Could sleep app data help identify respiratory disease trends in England?gov.uk · 30 Sept 2026
- Could your night-time cough help predict the next wave of flu or COVID-19?gavi.org · 29 Sept 2026
- UKHSA study finds AI sleep app could provide early warning of flu and covid-19 surgesnationalhealthexecutive.com · 29 Sept 2026
- Sleep app could spot respiratory infections and outbreaks earlier, study findsthepharmacist.co.uk · 29 Sept 2026
- Novel flu and coronavirus infections remain greatest health security threatspulsetoday.co.uk · 10 Sept 2026
Related media coverage
Recent UK press coverage of their topics — not necessarily citing them directly.
Professors, researchers and think-tank analysts quoted on the strength of their research rather than a clinical role. Citations are counted by an automated scan of UK press coverage and may be incomplete. Roles, biographies and contact details are researched and human-reviewed before they appear here; anything not yet reviewed is simply absent rather than shown unverified. This profile was last updated on 5 Oct 2026. See the methodology for how this page is built, or email contact@bridgeheadcommunications.com to correct anything on it.