Jessica Fritter

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Jessica Fritter Portrait
First Name
Jessica
Last Name
Fritter
Credentials
DHSc, MACPR, ACRP-CP, FACRP
Associate Clinical Professor
Director of Master of Clinical Research
Director of Clinical Research Management Certificate
Director of Embedded Clinical Trial Sciences
Address
325 Newton Hall
Address (Line 2)
295 W. 10th Ave.
City
Columbus
State
OH
Zip Code
43210

Dr. Jessica Fritter’s passion lies in teaching, inspiring and enhancing the clinical research professional workforce through her instruction, her research and, most importantly, through connecting with the college’s clinical research students.

Dr. Fritter teaches and creates courses that are fundamental to clinical research education. They include fundamentals of medical product development and regulation, management of clinical and preclinical studies, data management and informatics, project management for healthcare and clinical research, clinical trials from concept to launch and clinical trials data management and monitoring. One of her goals is to continue growing the reputation and the impact of the college’s clinical research programs.

Away from the classroom, she focuses her research and professional expertise on clinical research professional workforce development, team science, diversity and cultural humility, training and education and implementation science. Her plans include disseminating findings from focus groups with clinical research professionals, publications on job satisfaction and retention in the field and creating micro-learning modules on many facets of clinical research and the broad impact it makes on healthcare.

Dr. Fritter received her Doctor of Health Sciences degree from Eastern Virginia Medical School, her Master of Applied Clinical and Preclinical Research degree from The Ohio State University and a bachelor’s degree in communication studies from the University of North Carolina – Wilmington.

View Dr. Fritter's profile on ORCID.

Publications
Funded Research Grants
Degree Certifications
Professional Activities

News

January 27, 2026
Two master’s specialties and online bachelor’s programs also rank among the nation’s top five

U.S. News & World Report released new rankings today that place The Ohio State University College of Nursing’s online Master of Science in Nursing program No. 1 in the nation for 2026.

January 13, 2026

Joyce Calamese put off scheduling a routine preventive medical procedure for more than a decade until an Ohio State-trained community health worker strongly encouraged her to make the appointment. That intervention likely saved her life, the 67-year-old said.