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Cheyenne Fenstemaker

Cheyenne Fenstemaker
Research Assistant for the Department of Social Medicine in the Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine and the Institute to Advance Health Equity (ADVANCE)
fenstemaker@ohio.edu

Cheyenne Fenstemaker is heath services research assistant interested in health disparities, health policy, and substance use, with a particular interest in rural and urban underserved communities and how "place" affects access to resources. She supports Dr. Berkeley Franz, Professor of Community-based Health at the ĢƵ University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine. A proud first-generation college student and Bobcat, Cheyenne received her B.S. in Geography and M.A. in Law, Justice, & Culture from ĢƵ University.

Cheyenne has published in peer-reviewed journals on rural health training and substance use. Her recent work includes helping to lead qualitative data collection and analysis for two NIH/NIDA-funded projects related to health services for opioid use disorder in ĢƵ and nationally. She has extensive work experience in research, education, and administration. 

Education

  • MA, Law, Justice & Culture, ĢƵ University, 2024
  • BS, Geography, ĢƵ University, 2021

Research Interests

  • Place-based disparities
  • Qualitative research methods
  • Harm reduction models
  • Implementation science 

Publications 

  • Franz, Berkeley, Lindsay Y. Dhanani, Sean Bogart, Cheyenne Fenstemaker, William C. Miller, O. Trent Hall, Daniel Brook, and Vivian F. Go. “Different Forms of Stigma and Rural Primary Care Professionals’ Willingness to Prescribe Buprenorphine.” Journal of Substance Use and Addiction Treatment. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.josat.2025.209633
  • Fenstemaker, Cheyenne, Elizabeth Abrams, Katherine King, Benjamin Obringer, Daniel L. Brook+, Vivian Go, William C. Miller, Lindsay Y. Dhanani,  and Berkeley Franz. 2024. “The Implementation Climate for Integrating Buprenorphine Prescribing into Rural Primary Care.” Journal of General Internal Medicine.  DOI: 10.1007/s11606-024-09260-1
  • Fenstemaker, Cheyenne, Benjamin Obringer, Elizabeth Abrams, Katherine King, Lindsay Y.  Dhanani, and Berkeley Franz. 2023. “Primary Care Professionals’ Perspectives on Tailoring Buprenorphine Training for Rural Practice.” The Journal of rural health : official journal of the American Rural Health Association and the National Rural Health Care Association, 10.1111/jrh.12832. https://doi.org/10.1111/jrh.12832