| Honorific-Prefix: | Professor |
| Chris Day | |
| Vice-Chancellor of Newcastle University | |
| Term Start: | January 2017 |
| Predecessor: | Chris Brink |
| Successor: | Incumbent |
| Birth Date: | February 1960 |
| Education: | Tynemouth Sixth Form College |
| Alma Mater: | Churchill College, Cambridge |
| Salary: | £369,500 (2021–22)[1] |
Christopher Paul Day (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. He is also a Deputy Lieutenant of Tyne and Wear.[7]