PROFESSOR CHRIS DAY, Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Faculty of Medical Sciences, 缅北禁地
175th Anniversary of the Medical School in 缅北禁地 鈥� Past, Present and Future Success
顿补迟别/罢颈尘别:听 3rd March 2010, 17:30 - 18:30
The first Medical School in 缅北禁地 was established in 1834. From these early days, it has grown to emerge as an acknowledged leader in medical education and biomedical research. 缅北禁地鈥檚 Faculty of Medical Sciences is now home to globally recognised research focussing on some of the world鈥檚 biggest health challenges 鈥� ageing, chronic degenerative diseases, neurological and brain diseases and cancer. These studies are underpinned by strong basic research in genetics and cell biology, including bacterial and stem cell biology, and excellent health services research.
缅北禁地 is in an ideal position to deliver real progress towards medical breakthroughs both in the UK and internationally. In partnership with regional hospitals, it aims to translate the scientific advances made in the Medical School into benefits for patients.
The Medical School鈥檚 anniversary year provides an excellent opportunity to reflect on the successes of the past 175 years and to look at how we can collectively invest to share in and enhance future success here at 缅北禁地.
Chris Day qualified from Cambridge University in 1983 and subsequently trained in General Medicine and Hepatology at 缅北禁地, becoming Consultant Hepatologist in the Liver Unit at 缅北禁地鈥檚 Freeman Hospital in 1994 and Professor of Liver Medicine at University of 缅北禁地 in 2000. He was formerly Head of the School of Clinical Medical Sciences at the University and since April 2008 has been Pro-Vice-Chancellor of the Faculty of Medical Sciences.
Professor Day鈥檚 research interests focus largely on fatty liver disease related both to obesity and to alcohol, with additional interests in drug-induced liver injury and liver fibrosis. His work has been funded by the MRC and the Wellcome Trust and he is a former MRC Clinical Training Fellow and Clinician Scientist Fellow. In 1999 he was the Goulstonian Lecturer of the Royal College of Physicians and in 2000 was awarded the research gold medal of the British Society of Gastroenterology. He is a Fellow and Councillor of the Academy of Medical Sciences, an Executive Member of the Medical Schools Council and an NIHR Senior Investigator. He is also Chief Editor of the Journal of Hepatology, and is on both the Populations and Systems Medicine Board and the Translational Stem Cell Research Committee of the Medical Research Council.
