Projects have included a variety of topics including:

• Development of thresholds for use in routine surveillance systems
• Assessment of the public health utility of syndromic surveillance
• Development of novel surveillance systems e.g. self sampling through NHS Direct
• Use of modelling to further understand the spread of infectious diseases
• Modelling of the contribution of respiratory pathogens to syndromic surveillance indicators
• Epidemiological analyses of clinically diagnosed conditions e.g. impetigo and insect bites
• European assessment of syndromic surveillance systems (Triple-S) [external link]

The ReSST collaborate with a range of different groups, both academic and from other organisations. Collaborating groups in these projects have included:

• Lancaster University
• NHS Direct
• RCGP and RCGP Research and Surveillance Centre
• College of Emergency Medicine
• University of Manchester
• University of Warwick
• University of Nottingham
• HPA Divisions and Departments
• Meteorological Office
• Department of Health
• NHS Connecting for Health
• Health Protection Scotland
• French Institute for Public Health Surveillance (INVS), Saint Maurice, France
• Maastricht University, Netherlands
• Netherlands Institute for Health Services Research, Utrecht, Netherlands

A previous member of the team gained a PhD (in collaboration with Utrecht University) working on the utility of NHS Direct as a syndromic surveillance system. In general research and development, projects are written up for publication in peer-reviewed journals. For a list of the current and past publications please visit the ReSST references page.