{"id":110929,"date":"2026-01-20T14:00:26","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T13:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.iispv.cat\/dr-joan-borras-awarded-the-2026-knowledge-prize-by-the-city-council-of-reus\/"},"modified":"2026-01-20T14:00:26","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T13:00:26","slug":"dr-joan-borras-awarded-the-2026-knowledge-prize-by-the-city-council-of-reus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iispv.cat\/en\/dr-joan-borras-awarded-the-2026-knowledge-prize-by-the-city-council-of-reus\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Joan Borr\u00e0s, awarded the 2026 Knowledge Prize by the City Council of Reus"},"content":{"rendered":"The Institut d&#8217;Investigaci\u00f3 Sanit\u00e0ria Pere Virgili (IISPV) celebrates the recognition given to Dr Joan Borr\u00e0s Balada, deputy director of the Oncology Institute of Southern Catalonia and researcher linked to our institute, who has recently received the 2026 Knowledge Prize from the City Council of Reus.\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" class=\"wp-image-110925\" style=\"width: 380px; height: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.iispv.cat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Premi_Coneixement_Joan_Borras_1_1768899615_w1400webp-1024x576.webp\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iispv.cat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Premi_Coneixement_Joan_Borras_1_1768899615_w1400webp-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.iispv.cat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Premi_Coneixement_Joan_Borras_1_1768899615_w1400webp-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.iispv.cat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Premi_Coneixement_Joan_Borras_1_1768899615_w1400webp-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.iispv.cat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Premi_Coneixement_Joan_Borras_1_1768899615_w1400webp.webp 1399w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">During the award ceremony, this Monday at the Centre de Lectura. Photo: Hospital de Reus\r\n\r\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\nThe award highlights his important career in the development of oncology in the region, the creation of the first Cancer Registry of Catalonia, and his scientific and clinical contribution, which has helped advance research and cancer care in the counties of Tarragona and Terres de l\u2019Ebre.\r\n\r\nFrom the IISPV, we congratulate Dr Borr\u00e0s for a career dedicated to improving public health and strengthening the connection between research, teaching, and clinical practice.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Institut d&#8217;Investigaci\u00f3 Sanit\u00e0ria Pere Virgili (IISPV) celebrates the recognition given to Dr Joan Borr\u00e0s Balada, deputy director of the Oncology Institute of Southern Catalonia and researcher linked to our institute, who has recently received the 2026 Knowledge Prize from the City Council of Reus. The award highlights his important career in the development of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":110926,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1883,2073,2074,1026,1478,1479],"tags":[2843,2841,2845,2844,2842],"class_list":["post-110929","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-actualitat-en","category-docencia-i-formacio-en","category-institucional-en","category-noticies-iispv-en","category-publicacions-en","category-recerca-en","tag-centre-de-lectura-de-reus-en","tag-dr-borras-en","tag-institut-doncologia-de-la-catalunya-sud-en-2","tag-premi-al-coneixement-en","tag-reus-city-hall"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iispv.cat\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110929","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iispv.cat\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iispv.cat\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iispv.cat\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/36"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iispv.cat\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=110929"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.iispv.cat\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110929\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iispv.cat\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/110926"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iispv.cat\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=110929"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iispv.cat\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=110929"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iispv.cat\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=110929"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}