Jessica received her Doctor of Health Sciences from Eastern Virginia Medical School, her Masters of Applied Clinical and Preclinical Research from The Ohio State University (OSU), and her Bachelor’s in Communication Studies from the University of North Carolina Wilmington. She is also a certified clinical research professional, having obtained her Association of Clinical Research Professionals (ACRP) - Certified Professional Certification through ACRP.
Jessica teaches and creates courses at OSI that are fundamental to clinical research education. These courses 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.
Jessica currently serves as Chapter President for the ACRP Ohio Chapter. She has multiple publications on workforce development, diversity, and clinical research operations. Through her years in clinical research, she has overseen very robust and always-evolving infrastructures that include clinical research coordinators, regulatory coordinators, research scientists, data analysts, project coordinators, project managers, and undergraduate research volunteers. She has managed multimillion-dollar infrastructures and clinical trial budgets along with overseeing a core infrastructure of regulatory affairs, clinical research training, compliance, business operations, clinical trial management systems, feasibility, and program management. She has extensive experience in clinical research business operations, feasibility, training programs, grant writing and management, and managing trials from concept to closeout.
