Dra. Heidi Carrero Vallés, a graduate student from the Public Health Program at Ponce Health Sciences University addresses the public from a podium

PHSU Doctoral Student Heidi Carrero Vallés Successfully Defends Dissertation on Buprenorphine Treatment Adherence in Southern Puerto Rico

On April 24, 2025, Ponce Health Sciences University Public Health Program doctoral student, Mrs. Heidi Carrero Vallés, successfully defended her doctoral dissertation in epidemiology titled “Retention and Adherence to Buprenorphine Medication in Patients Diagnosed with Opioid Use at a Community-Based Clinic in Southern Puerto Rico.”  The objectives of the research project were to describe the…