Prof Andrew Day

Professor Andrew Day is an academic paediatric gastroenterologist based in Christchurch, New Zealand. Andrew completed paediatric gastroenterology fellowship training at Sick Kids Hospital, Toronto, Canada, and then took up a joint clinical academic position at Sydney Children's Hospital and UNSW (Sydney, Australia). He returned to NZ to joint clinical and academic roles in Christchurch in 2009 (while maintaining honorary positions in Sydney). Andrew's clinical and research interests focus predominantly on IBD in children and adolescents, with particular interest in nutrition and biomarkers amongst others, leading to more than 300 peer-reviewed publications. Andrew is currently Cure Kids Chair of Paediatric Research.