Chris Day | |
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Vice-Chancellor of Newcastle University | |
Assumed office January 2017 | |
Preceded by | Chris Brink |
Personal details | |
Born | February 1960 |
Education | Tynemouth Sixth Form College |
Alma mater | Churchill College,Cambridge |
Salary | £404,300 (2022–2023) [1] |
Christopher Paul Day CBE DL (born February 1960 [2] ) is a British hepatologist who is Vice-Chancellor of Newcastle University.
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. [3] 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. [4] 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. [5] He also became chair of the Russell Group of universities in September 2023. [6]
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. [7] He is also a Deputy Lieutenant of Tyne and Wear. [8]
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