Chris Day (hepatologist)
Christopher Day[1] | |
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| Vice Chancellor of Newcastle University | |
| Assumed office January 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Chris Brink |
| Personal details | |
| Born | February 1960 (age 66) |
| Education | Churchill College, Cambridge (MBBS) |
Christopher Paul Day CBE DL (born February 1960)[2] is a British hepatologist who is Vice-Chancellor of Newcastle University.[3]
Career
[edit]Educated at Marden High School, Tynemouth Sixth Form College and Churchill College, Cambridge, Day became a clinician at the Freeman Hospital in Newcastle upon Tyne in 1985 and a research scientist in liver disease at Newcastle University in 1987.[4] He went on to be Consultant Hepatologist on the Liver Unit at the Freeman Hospital in 1994 before becoming Professor of Liver Medicine at Newcastle University in 2000.[5] He became head of the School of Clinical Medical Sciences at Newcastle University in 2004, Pro-Vice-Chancellor in 2007 and Vice-Chancellor in January 2017.[6] He also became chair of the Russell Group of universities in September 2023.[7]
Day was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2023 New Year Honours for services to health research and treatment.[8] He is also a Deputy Lieutenant of Tyne and Wear.[9] In 2008, he was elected a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences.[10]
References
[edit]- ^ "Membership of Executive Board". www.ncl.ac.uk.
- ^ "Christopher Paul Day". Company House. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
- ^ "Financial Information". Newcastle University. Retrieved 11 December 2024.
- ^ "Newcastle University looks close to home for new vice-chancellor". Times Higher Education. 11 July 2016. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
- ^ "Day, Prof Chris". Newcastle Hospitals. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
- ^ "Newcastle University appoints top medic as its new vice-chancellor". Chronicle Live. 11 July 2016. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
- ^ Emily Twinch (4 September 2023). "Newcastle vice-chancellor becomes Russell Group chair". Research Professional News.
- ^ "No. 63918". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2022. p. N9.
- ^ "Tyne & Wear Lieutenancy | About". www.tynewearlieutenancy.org.uk.
- ^ "Professor Chris Day CBE FMedSci". Academy of Medical Sciences. Retrieved 14 June 2026.
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- Vice-chancellors of Newcastle University
- Living people
- Alumni of Churchill College, Cambridge
- Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
- NIHR Senior Investigators
- Deputy lieutenants of Tyne and Wear
- 1960 births
- 21st-century British medical doctors
- 20th-century British medical doctors
- British hepatologists
- Fellows of the Academy of Medical Sciences (United Kingdom)