Jessica Fritter
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
Biography
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 a Doctor of Health Sciences degree from Eastern Virginia Medical School, a 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.
- Mendell, A., Fritter, J., Helm S., Capili, B., Carter, K., Hildreth, L., Johnson, K., Kopras, E., Sprecher, J., Summerside, N., Varnadoe, C., Ronning, A., Colagreco, J., Exe, N., Kolb, H.R., Jones, C.T. (2024). Team Science Competencies for Clinical Research Professionals: A Multi-Leveled Delphi Approach. Journal of Clinical and Translational Science. Pre-proof. [IF=2.6] PR
- Jones, C. T., Liu, X., Hornung, C. A., Fritter, J., & Neidecker, M. V. (2024). The competency index for clinical research professionals: a potential tool for competency-based clinical research academic program evaluation. Frontiers in medicine, 11, 1291667. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2024.1291667 [IF=3.1] PR
- Fritter, J, Shihabuddin, B. (2024). Utilizing Cultural Humility as a Tool to Support Diversity in Clinical Research. Clinical Researcher. 38(1). PR.
- Shihabuddin, B., Fritter, J., Lo, C., Stanley, R., Weinstock, M. (2023). Pediatric Knowledge Needs Assessment: A Pilot Study. The Journal of Urgent Care Medicine. 18 (3): 40-43. PR.
- Fritter, J., Jones, C.T. (2023). Mapping the Pathway to Take Control of Your Clinical Research Career. Clinical Researcher. 37(5). PR.
- Fritter, J.,& Harper, C. (2023). The Importance of Developing a Financial Audit Process: An Academic Medical Center Perspective. Journal of Clinical and Translational Science, 1-8. doi:10.1017/cts.2023.650 PMID: 38028336; [IF=2.6] PR.
- Lee, G.^, Fritter, J., & Shihabuddin, C. (2023). Increasing Safe Clinical Spaces and the Efforts of Clinical Research for Uninsured and Underinsured LGBTQIA2 Patients: A Case Study of the Rainbow Clinic – A Student-Run Free LGBTQIA2 Clinic. Journal of Clinical and Translational Science, 1-12. doi:10.1017/cts.2023.641 PMID: 38028348; [IF=2.6] PR.
- Knapke, J., Snyder, D., Carter, K., Fitz-Gerald, M., Fritter, J., Kolb, H., . . . Jones, C. (2022). Issues for recruitment and retention of clinical research professionals at academic medical centers: Part 1 – collaborative conversations Un-Meeting findings. Journal of Clinical and Translational Science, 6(1), E80. doi:10.1017/cts.2022.411 PMID: 35949656; [IF=2.6] PR.
- Knapke, J., Jenkerson, M., Tsao, P., Freel, S., Fritter, J., Helm, S., . . . Jones, C. (2022). Academic medical center clinical research professional workforce: Part 2 – Issues in staff onboarding and professional development. Journal of Clinical and Translational Science, 6(1), E81. doi:10.1017/cts.2022.412 PMID: 35949655; [IF=2.6] PR.
- Shihabuddin, B., Fritter, J., Ellison, A., & Cruz, A. (2022). Diversity Among Research Coordinators in a Pediatric Emergency Medicine Research Collaborative Network. Journal of Clinical and Translational Science, 1-10. doi:10.1017/cts.2022.448 PMID: 36845308; [IF=2.6] PR.
- Beckford D, Boone K, Fritter J, Wentzel G. (2022). Building an Institutional Clinical Research Professionals Group at an Academic Institution: Evidence of Need and Initial Structure. Clinical Researcher. 36(2). PR.
- Jones, C.T., Tornwall, J., Plahovinsak .J, Fritter, J., Neidecker M.V. (2021, Jul). Key ePortfolio features and strategies for student success in a competency-based clinical research program. Currents in Pharmacy Teaching and Learning, 13(7): 826-834 Epub 2021 Apr. 3. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cptl.2021.03.007 PMID: 34074514; [IF=1.2] PR.
- Fritter J, Metheney M, Zuspan, S. (2020, Jun). Impact of a Risk-Based, Study-Specific Training Program on Research Coordinator Competency. Clinical Researcher. 34(6). PR
- Kesling B^, Jones C, Fritter J, Neidecker M. (2020, Jun) Navigating a Career as a Clinical Research Professional: Where to Begin? Clinical Researcher 34 (6). PR
- Shihabuddin, B., Weinstock, M., Fritter, J., Lo, C., Stanley, R. (2020, Feb). A Call for Collaboration: Knowledge Dissemination to Improve the Emergency Care of Children. Acad Emerg Med. 27(6):539-530.. doi: 10.1111/acem.13944. PMID: 32077167. [IF=4.4.] PR.
- Jones, C., Jester, P., Croker, J., Fritter, J., Roche, C., Wallace, B., . . . Willig, J. (2020, Feb.). Creating and testing a GCP game in an asynchronous course environment: The game and future plans. Journal of Clinical and Translational Science, 4(1):35-42. doi:10.1017/cts.2019.423 PMID: 32257409; [IF=2.6] PR.
- Stanley, RM, Jabbour M, Saunders J¸ Zuspan S. (2018) The Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network and Knowledge Translation. Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine. 19(3), 295-303. PR.
- Fisher Kenny, E., Martin, M., McClain, A., Stanley, R., Saunders, J., Lo, C., Cohen. D. (2019, Mar.). Nurse-driven simulations to prepare and educate for a Clinical Trial. Clinical Simulation in Nursing28:35-38. DOI: 10.1016/j.ecns.2018.12.005 [IF=2.6] PR.
- Saunders, J, Stanley R, Zuspan S, Pimenta K, Berent R, Gonzalez V, Herzog N, Robinson V, Thomas B, Jones, C. (2018). Recommendations for Best Onboarding Research Coordinator Practices in Clinical Research using the Joint Task Force Competency Domains as a Framework. Research Practitioner. 19(3);43, 57-59
- Saunders J, Pimenta K, Zuspan S, Berent R, Herzog N, Jones C, Kline J, Kocher K, Robinson V, Thomas B, Stanley RM. (2017, Dec.). Inclusion of the Joint Task Force Competency Domains in Onboarding Programs for Clinical Research Coordinators: Variations, Enablers and Barriers. Clinical Researcher. 31(6). DOI: 10.14524/CR-17-0007. PR.
- "The OSU Center for Clinical and Translational Science: Transforming the Science of Translation to Improve Health for All". Grant #: UM1TR004548 NIH/NCATS. PI: Julie Johnson, PharmD. Role: Key Personnel Clinical Research Workforce Development (5%) (9/1/2023-8/31/2030) (Total Award: $37,900,000)