{"id":14772,"date":"2026-05-11T12:37:43","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T10:37:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cerca.cat\/actualitat\/noticies\/xavier-canas-nou-director-de-li3pt\/"},"modified":"2026-05-11T12:40:48","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T10:40:48","slug":"xavier-canas-nou-director-de-li3pt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cerca.cat\/en\/actualitat\/noticies\/xavier-canas-nou-director-de-li3pt\/","title":{"rendered":"Xavier Ca\u00f1as appointed new Director of I3PT"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Board of Trustees of the Institut d\u2019Investigaci\u00f3 i Innovaci\u00f3 Parc Taul\u00ed (I3PT) has appointed Dr Xavier Ca\u00f1as as the new Scientific Director, with effect from 1 July 2026.<\/h3>\n

Dr Ca\u00f1as holds a PhD in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from the University of Barcelona<\/strong> and brings over 25 years of experience<\/strong> in biomedical research, translational innovation and clinical research management. For the past nine years, he has served as Director of Commercial and Contract Clinical Research at the Vall d\u2019Hebron Institute of Research (VHIR)<\/strong>, where he led the transformation of the clinical research management model and the development of European strategic projects.<\/p>\n

With this appointment, I3PT<\/strong>, a CERCA research centre, strengthens its commitment to consolidating its scientific position, advancing translational and clinical research, and enhancing knowledge transfer aimed at improving people\u2019s health.<\/p>\n

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The Board of Trustees of the Institut d\u2019Investigaci\u00f3 i Innovaci\u00f3 Parc Taul\u00ed (I3PT) has appointed Dr Xavier Ca\u00f1as as the new Scientific Director, with effect from 1 July 2026. Dr Ca\u00f1as holds a PhD in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from the University of Barcelona and brings over 25 years of experience in biomedical research, translational […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":13445,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[382],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14772","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cerca-system"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nXavier Ca\u00f1as appointed new Director of I3PT - CERCA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Xavier Ca\u00f1as, nou director de l\u2019I3PT\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cerca.cat\/en\/actualitat\/noticies\/xavier-canas-nou-director-de-li3pt\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Xavier Ca\u00f1as appointed new Director of I3PT - 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