Contact Details
- Position
- Professor
- Department
- Department of Paediatrics (Christchurch)
- Qualifications
- MB ChB, MD, FRACP, AGAF
- Research summary
- Gastrointestinal disorders in children
Research
Andrew Day trained in paediatrics in Christchurch and undertook further subspeciality training in Toronto, Canada. After completing clinical and research training in Canada, Dr Day took up a clinical academic position at University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. He returned to the department in 2009 and was appointed to Head of Department in 2010.Professor Day is a paediatric gastroenterologist. His research interests include Inflammatory Bowel disease, Crohn’s disease and Coeliac disease, with projects focusing upon host-pathogen interactions in the gut (and how these relate to chronic gut diseases), intestinal inflammatory biomarkers, and nutritional aspects of gut diseases.