Philip Cola

Philip A. Cola, PhD, is a research manager and practitioner scholar with over 25 years experience in the fiscal, legal, scientific and ethical reviews of research. He was Vice President for Research and Technology Management at University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center for 21 years where he oversaw the Institutional Review Board, clinical research compliance, grants administration, research finance and clinical research education and training.

Currently, he holds appointments as an Associate Professor of Management and as an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Medicine at Case Western Reserve University. He teaches qualitative and quantitative research methods, leadership and research dissemination. Presently, he is also the Associate Director of Academic Affairs for the Doctor of Management Programs at Weatherhead as well as the Director of the Regulatory Knowledge and Support core of the CWRU Clinical Translational Science Award.

Cola holds a PhD in management from the Weatherhead School of Management and a Master’s Degree in experimental psychology and research method and design from Cleveland State University. His research interests include the responsible conduct of research, factors influencing success of physician scientists in academic medical centers, the translational science paradigm, workforce development, physician identity and nonprofit organizations.

Cola has given numerous presentations and lectures locally and nationally on the responsible conduct of research, human subjects protections, grants administration and workforce development in the translational sciences including sessions at the National Academy of Sciences and the National Institutes of Health. He has authored numerous impactful publications in the areas of psychology, psychiatry and research management. He has been a member of the Society for Research Administration (SRA) for 20 years. In 2009, he received the Excellence Award from SRA and in 2011, he was designated SRA Distinguished Faculty.

Additionally, he is member of the Academy of Management (AOM) and the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA), both since 2012. He has presented his research on the physician scientist workforce in academic medical centers consistently in these venues. In 2017, he received the Doctoral Teaching Excellence Award from the Weatherhead School of Management.

Education

• Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Case Western Reserve University - Weatherhead School of Management
• Master of Arts (MA) Cleveland State University
• Bachelor of Arts (BA) Cleveland State University

Companies

• Associate Professor Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University (2015)
• Adjunct Assistant Professor Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine (2010)
• Director, Regulatory Knowledge and Support Core, CTSC Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine (2007)
• Vice President, Research and Technology Management | Director | Grants Lead University Hospitals (1996 — 2017)
• Administrative Director, Laboratory of Biological Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry Case Western Reserve University (1989 — 1996)

Selected Publications

• Campbell, C., Cola, P. A., Lyytinen, K. J. (2021).
  ” Factor impacting organizational performance of data analytics capabilities” (pp. 15). IEEE.
• Campbell, C. A., Cola, P. A., Lyytinen, K. J. (2021).
  Factor impacting organizational performance of data analytics capabilities (vol. 54, ). IEEE: IEEE.
• Lyytinen, K. J., Cola, P. A., Nartker, S., , . (2020).
  Voices of Practitioner Scholars in Management- The History and Impact of the Doctor of Management Programs at Case Western Reserve University Ohio: Orange Fraser Press.
• Cola, P. A., Lyytinen, K. J., Nartker, S. (2020). In Cola, PA, Lyytinen, KJ, and Nartker, SA (Ed.),
  Voices of Practitioner Scholars in Management (pp. 296). Wilmington, Ohio: Orange Frazer Press.
• Quinn, J. F., Cola, P. A. (2020).
  The Mediating Role of Postive Organizational Climate on Relational Role Acceptance by Physician Leaders Journal of Business & Industrial Marketing.
• Selker, H. P., Welch, L. C., Patchen, E., Breeze, J. L., Terrin, N., Parajulee, A., LeClair, A., Naeim, A., Marnocha, R., Novak, J. M., Caldwel, C. S., Cola, P. A., Croker, J. A., Cifu, D. X., Wiliams, K. M., Snyder, D. C., Kitterman, D. (2020).
  Scientific Review Committees as Part of Institutional Review of Human Participant Research: Implementation at Institutions with Clinical and Translational Science Awards (vol. 4, issue 2, pp. 115-124.). Clinical and Translational Science.
• Cola, P. A. (2019). In Joann Farrell Quinn and Bobbie Ann Adair White (Ed.),
  From Physician to Physician Leadership (pp. Chapter 2: 13-22). Dubuque, IA: Kendall Hunt Publishing Company.
• McGinley, M. P., Cola, P. A., Fox, R. J., Cohen, J. A., Corboy, J. J., Miller, D. (2019).
  Perspectives of Individuals with Multiple Sclerosis on Discontinuation of Disease Modifying Therapies Sage Journals: Multiple Sclerosis Journal.
• Freeman-Hildreth, Y., Aron, D., Cola, P. A., Wang, Y. (2019). In Noël C. Barengo (Ed.),
  Coping with Diabetes: Provider Attributes that Influence Type 2 Diabetes Adherence (vol. 14, issue 4, ). PLOS ONE.
• Cola, P. A., Wang, Y. (2017).
  Discovering Factors that Influence Physician Scientist Success in Academic Medical Centers. In Academy of Management Proceedings (Vol. 2017, No. 1, p. 12714). Academy of Management..
• Freeman-Hildreth, Y., Aron, D., Wolfberg, A., Cola, P. A. (2017).
  What Factors are Involved in Motivating Black Patients with Type 2 Diabetes to Adhere to Treatment? Journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants: December 2017 - Volume 30 - Issue 12 - p 1–2.
• Cola, P. A. (2015).
  Helping Top Talent to Thrive: The Significance of Relational Capacity, Teamwork and Organizational Support Case Western Reserve University.
• Kost, R. G., Lee, L. N., Yessis, J. L., Wesley, R., Alfano, S., Alexander, S. R., Kassis, S. B., Cola, P. A., Dozier, A., Ford, D. E., others, . (2014).
  Research Participant-Centered Outcomes at NIH-Supported Clinical Research Centers (vol. 7, issue 6, pp. 430–440). Clinical and Translational Science.
• Strasser, J. E., Cola, P. A., Rosenblum, D. (2013).
  Evaluating various areas of process improvement in an effort to improve clinical research: Discussions from the 2012 Clinical Translational Science Award (CTSA) Clinical Research Management Workshop (vol. 6, issue 4, pp. 317–320). Clinical and Translational Science.
• Cola, P. A., Lingham, T., Whitehouse, P. J. (2013).
  The “people” in science: Identifying lived experiences of physician scientists in academic medical centers Unpublished Qualitative Research Paper, Doctor of Management Program, Weatherhead School of Management.
• Hamilton, M. D., Cola, P. A., Terchek, J. J., Werner, J. J., Stange, K. C. (2011).
  A novel protocol for streamlined IRB review of practice-based research network (PBRN) card studies (vol. 24, issue 5, pp. 605–609). The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine.
• Meltzer, H. Y., Bobo, W. V., Lee, M. A., Cola, P. A., Jayathilake, K. (2010).
  A randomized trial comparing clozapine and typical neuroleptic drugs in non-treatment-resistant schizophrenia (vol. 177, issue 3, pp. 286–293). Psychiatry research.
• Need, A. C., Ge, D., Weale, M. E., Maia, J., Feng, S., Heinzen, E. L., Shianna, K. V., Yoon, W., Kasperaviciute, D., Gennarelli, M., others, . (2009).
  A genome-wide investigation of SNPs and CNVs in schizophrenia (vol. 5, issue 2, pp. e1000373). PLoS genetics.
• Fedor, C., Yaussy, C. F., Cola, P. A. (2008).
  Development and progression of a model: Prospective research compliance monitoring (vol. 39, issue 2, pp. 41). Journal of Research Administration.
• Fedor, C., Cola, P. A., Polites, S. (2007).
  The role of a research administration program in adverse event reporting (vol. 38, issue 1, pp. 39). Journal of Research Administration.
• Cola, P. A., Pierre, C. (2006).
  Responsible research: A guide for coordinators Remedica.
• Fedor, C., Cola, P. A. (2003).
  Preliminary results of the ‘clinical researcher’coordinators’ survey (vol. 3, issue 4, pp. 18–22). Clinical Researcher.
• Covington, L., Cola, P. A. (2000).
  Clozapine vs. haloperidol: antipsychotic effects on sexual function in schizophrenia (vol. 18, issue 1, pp. 41–48). Sexuality and Disability.
• Meltzer, H. Y., Lee, M., Cola, P. A. (1998).
  The evolution of treatment resistance: biologic implications. (vol. 18, issue 2, pp. 5S–11S). Journal of clinical psychopharmacology.
• Meltzer, H. Y., Rabinowitz, J., Lee, M. A., Cola, P. A., others, . (1997).
  Age at onset and gender of schizophrenic patients in relation to neuroleptic resistance (vol. 154, issue 4, pp. 475). The American journal of psychiatry.
• Buckley, P. F., Cola, P. A., Hasegawa, M., Lys, C., Thompson, P. (1997).
  Clozapine plasma levels and dosing strategies in patients with treatment-refractory schizophrenia (vol. 14, issue 3, pp. 85–88). Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine.
• Badri, F., Masellis, M., Petronis, A., Macciardi, F., Van Tol, H., Cola, P. A., Meltzer, H., Lieberman, J., Potkin, S., Kennedy, J. (1996).
  Dopamine and serotonin system genes may predict clinical response to clozapine (vol. 59, issue 4, pp. A247). Am J Hum Genet.
• Vincent, J., Klempan, T., Parikh, S., Sasaki, T., Meltzer, H. Y., Sirugo, G., Cola, P. A., Petronis, A., Kennedy, J. (1996).
  Frequency analysis of large CAG/CTG trinucleotide repeats in schizophrenia and bipolar affective disorder. (vol. 1, issue 2, pp. 141–148). Molecular psychiatry.
• Meltzer, H. Y., Cola, P. A., Parsa, M. (1996).
  Marked elevations of serum creatine kinase activity associated with antipsychotic drug treatment (vol. 15, issue 4, pp. 395–405). Neuropsychopharmacology.
• Meltzer, H. Y., Lee, M., Ranjan, R., Mason, E. A., Cola, P. A. (1996).
  Relapse following clozapine withdrawal: effect of neuroleptic drugs and cyproheptadine (vol. 124, issue 1, pp. 176–187). Psychopharmacology.
• Petronis, A., Macciardi, F., Athanassiades, A., Paterson, A. D., Verga, M., Meltzer, H. Y., Cola, P. A., Buchanan, J. A., Van Tol, H. H., Kennedy, J. L. (1995).
  Association study between the dopamine D4 receptor gene and schizophrenia (vol. 60, issue 5, pp. 452–455). American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A.
• Meltzer, H. Y., Cola, P. A. (1995).
  Clozapine’s cost effectiveness (vol. 152, issue 1, pp. 153–154). American Journal of Psychiatry.
• Badri, F., Masellis, M., Petronis, A., MARINO, C., MACCIARDI, F., VANTOL, H., Cola, P. A., MELTZER, H. Y., LIEBERMAN, J., KENNEDY, J. (1995).
  Genetic-studies of dopamine and serotonin system genes in clinical-response to clozapine (vol. 57, 4 ed., pp. 1358–1358).
• Buckley, P. F., Cola, P. A., Hasegawa, M., Lys, C., Meltzer, H. Y. (1995).
  Plasma levels and dosing strategies in schizophrenic patients receiving clozapine (vol. 15, issue 1, pp. 144–145). Schizophrenia Research.
• Coleman, S. R., Cola, P. A., Webster, S. (1994).
  Contributions to the history of psychology: XCVIII. Topical content of history-of-psychology literature, 1975–1986 (vol. 74, issue 2, pp. 691–701). Psychological reports.
• Hasegawa, M., Cola, P. A., Meltzer, H. Y. (1994).
  Plasma clozapine and desmethylclozapine levels in clozapine-induced agranulocytosis (vol. 11, issue 1, pp. 45–47). Neuropsychopharmacology.
• Meltzer, H. Y., Cola, P. A. (1994).
  The pharmacoeconomics of clozapine: a review. The Journal of clinical psychiatry.
• Meltzer, H. Y., Cola, P. A., Way, L., Thompson, P. A., Bastani, B., Davies, M. A., Snitz, B. (1993).
  Cost effectiveness of clozapine in neuroleptic-resistant schizophrenia (vol. 150, pp. 1630–1630). American Journal of Psychiatry.
• Coleman, S. R., Cola, P. A., Webster, S. (1992).
  Characteristics of the system of production of history-of-psychology literature, 1975–1986 (vol. 27, issue 1, pp. 110–124). International Journal of Psychology.
• Coleman, S. R., Cola, P. A., Webster, S. (1992).
  Contributions to psychohistory: XX. Ethnocentricity in the recent history-of-psychology literature (vol. 71, issue 3_suppl, pp. 1267–1271). Psychological reports.
• Warren, R., Fogarty, T. J., Cola, P. A., Hartz, D. E.
  The Dark Side of Income Tax Enforcement: A Qualitative Investigation of the Work of IRS Special Agents International Journal of Public Administration.

Awards

• Learning Fellows Program, University Center for Innovation in Teaching and Education/Case Western Reserve University. (2021).
• Outstanding Reviewer Award, Academy of Management Conference, MED Division. (2021).
• John S. Diekhoff Award for Excellence in Graduate Teaching, College of Graduate Studies/Case Western Reserve University. (2021).
• Mentor Fellows Program, University Center for Innovation in Teaching and Education/Case Western Reserve University. (2021).
• Best Practice Paper Award, Engaged Management Scholarship Conference. (2020).
• Outstanding Reviewer Award, Academy of Management Conference, MED Division. (2020).
• 2020 Scholarship in Teaching Awards , Case Western Reserve University. (2020).
• Doctoral Teaching and Mentoring Excellence Award, Weatherhead School of Management. (2019).
• Outstanding Reviewer Award, Academy of Management Conference, MED Division. (2017).
• Doctoral Teaching and Mentoring Excellence Award, Weatherhead School of Management. (2017).
• Ralph I. Horwitz, MD Partnership Award, Cleveland School of Science and Medicine at John Hay. (2017).
• Outstanding Reviewer Award, Academy of Management, MED Division. (2016).
• Best Overall Manuscript 21st Annual Meeting, International Academy of Management and Business. (2016).
• Outstanding Reviewer Award, Academy of Management, MED Division. (2015).
• Mitchell V. Morse Memorial Doctor of Management Scholarship, Weatherhead School of Management. (2014).
• Scholar Practititioner Award, Weatherhead School of Management. (2014).
• Distinguished Faculty, Society of Research Administrators Interntational. (2011).
• Doctor of Management Nonprofit Fellowhip Award, Weatherhead School of Management. (2011).
• Excellence Award in Research Administration, Society of Research Administrators Interntational. (2009).
• Best Scholarly Poster of the Year - 40th Annual Meeting, Society of Research Administrators Interntational. (2006).
• Best Scholarly Poster of the Year - 37th Annual Meeting, Society of Research Administrators Interntational. (2003).