Cheyenne Fenstemaker

Cheyenne Fenstemaker is a health services researcher interested in health disparities, health policy and substance use, with a particular interest in rural communities and how "place" affects access to resources. She is a research assistant to Dr. Berkeley Franz, an associate professor of Community-based Health at the Ohio 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 Ohio 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 Ohio and nationally. She has extensive work experience in research, education, and administration. 

Education

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

Research Interests

• Substance use treatment access
• Place-based disparities
• Qualitative methods
• Public health law research 
• Harm reduction models
• Implementation science 

Publications 

• 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. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1111/jrh.12832
• Franz, B., Dhanani, L. Y., Hall, O. T., Brook, D. L., Fenstemaker, C., Simon, J. E., & Miller, W. C. (2024). Buprenorphine misinformation and willingness to treat patients with opioid use disorder among primary care-aligned health care professionals. Addiction science & clinical practice, 19(1), 7. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13722-024-00436-y