Chris Day
Introduction
Christopher Paul Day DL (born February 1960) is a clinician who currently serves a Vice-Chancellor of Newcastle University.
Career
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. 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. He became head of the School of Clinical Medical Sciences at Newcastle University in 2004, Pro-Vice-Chancellor of Newcastle University in 2007 and Vice-Chancellor of Newcastle University in January 2017. He is also a Deputy Lieutenant of Tyne and Wear.