Stan Mierzwa
Director, Information Technology
Stanley Mierzwa is the director of information technology (IT) at the Population Council, where he sets global technology strategy and direction for the Council's 21 offices and oversees all computer-related activities at the Council's three offices in the United States. Mierzwa also leads the technical effort in software design, development, and management of the Council's proprietary audio computer-assisted self-interviewing (ACASI) survey software, which has been used in numerous field and clinic-based product surveys to facilitate accurate reporting of sensitive behaviors.
Mierzwa previously worked at the Council as senior systems engineer, then as supervisor of computer operations. He was previously employed as the director of IT at the North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority and was a senior programmer and network administrator for United Parcel Service.
Mierzwa has an M.S. in management of information systems from the New Jersey Institute of Technology, a B.S. in electrical engineering technology from Fairleigh Dickinson University, and he has completed a certificate program for Microsoft-certified systems engineers. He helped form—and is a frequent speaker at—the InsideNGO tech professionals group and is a member of IEEE, NTEN, the HIV/AIDS Network Coordination (HANC) BSWG Tech & Measures Task Force, the Adolescent Trials Network (ATN), and the Microbicide Trials Network (MTN), which has provided funding for the Council’s customized ACASI software for multiple clinical trials.
Stan Mierzwa
Director, Information Technology
Audio Computer-assisted Self-interviewing (ACASI) (more)
Population Council researchers and information technology specialists have developed software for interviewees responding to sensitive questions.
(1/1999 - ongoing)
Topics: Adolescence/transitions to adulthood; Microbicides; Sexuality and sexual behavior; Vulnerable populations
Countries: Global
Audio Computer-assisted Self-interviewing (ACASI) and Microbicides (more)
Council researchers are using ACASI to conduct behavioral and social science research about microbicides.
(1/2006 - ongoing)
Topics: Microbicides
Countries: Malawi, South Africa, Uganda, United States, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Stan Mierzwa
Director, Information Technology
Approaches that will yield greater success when implementing self-administered electronic data capture ICT systems in the developing world with an illiterate or semi-literate population (PDF)Mierzwa,Stan; Souidi,Samir; Friedland,Irene; Littlefield,Sarah A.; Katzen,Lauren L.; Savel,Craig; Boccio,Deborah; RamaRao,Saumya
Publication date: 2013
Effect of computer-assisted interviewing on self-reported sexual behavior data in a microbicide clinical trial (abstract) (PDF)
Gorbach,Pamina M.; Mensch,Barbara S.; Husnik,Marla; Coly,Astou; Masse,Benoit R.; Makanani,Bonus; Nkhoma,Chiwawa; Chinula,Lameck; Tembo,Tchangani; Mierzwa,Stan; Reynolds,Kimberly; Hurst,Stacey; Coletti,Anne S.; Forsyth,Andrew
AIDS and Behavior 17(2): 790-800
Publication date: 2013
Effective approaches to user-interface design with ACASI in the developing world (HTML)
Mierzwa,Stan; Souidi,Samir; Friedland,Irene; Katzen,Lauren L.; Littlefield,Sarah A.
Interactions XX.3(May-June 2013): 58-61
Publication date: 2013
Quick, get a mobile site/app put together--Should you consider a mobile CMS or app builder? (PDF)
Mierzwa,Stan; Savel,Craig
The Social Media Monthly April 2012
Publication date: 2012
Assessing the reporting of adherence and sexual activity in a simulated microbicide trial in South Africa: An interview mode experiment using a placebo gel (abstract) (HTML)
Mensch,Barbara S.; Hewett,Paul C.; Abbott,Sharon; Rankin,Johanna; Littlefield,Sarah A.; Ahmed,Khatija; Cassim,Nazira; Patel,Smruti; Ramjee,Gita; Palanee,Thesla; Mierzwa,Stan; Skoler-Karpoff,Stephanie
AIDS and Behavior 15(2): 407-421
Publication date: 2011
"ACASI software technical notes," brochure (PDF)
Mierzwa,Stan; Souidi,Samir
Publication date: 2009
"Audio computer-assisted self-interviewing (ACASI)," fact sheet (PDF)
Mierzwa,Stan; Souidi,Samir
Publication date: 2009
"Improving public health through software" (PDF)
Mierzwa,Stan; Souidi,Samir
Publication date: 2009
"ACASI: Software for audio computer-assisted self-interviewing," brochure (PDF)
Mierzwa,Stan; Souidi,Samir
Publication date: 2008
Stan Mierzwa
Director, Information Technology
Sharing global resources in a down economy (PDF)Presentation at the InsideNGO Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, 30 July
Mierzwa,Stan; Sayed-Ganguly,Surya
Publication date: 2013
The mobile revolution: Remote care and adherence/acceptability data collection without compromising security and quality
Presentation at The Transformational Power of Health IT: Driving Engagement, Outcomes & Insights, HealthTech Council meeting, Chicago, Illinois, 21-23 April
Mierzwa,Stan; Lafky,Deborah
Publication date: 2013
Data collection for research-based organizations--to aid research! (PDF)
Presentation at 2012 Nonprofit Technology Conference, San Francisco, 3-5 April
Mierzwa,Stan
Publication date: 2012
IT as business and program partner
Presentation at the InsideNGO Annual Conference, Washington, DC, 31 July
Mierzwa,Stan; Ostro,Ernest; Reilley,Mark; Boccio,Deborah
Publication date: 2012
Mobile data collection in the field: Partnering with investigative and research programmatic staff on mobile data collection projects (PDF)
Presentation at the InsideNGO 2011 Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, 7-8 June
Mierzwa,Stan; Fine,Bob
Publication date: 2011
MTN 005 ACASI training (PDF)
presentation at Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center, 23 March
Mierzwa,Stan; Katzen,Lauren L.
Publication date: 2011
Assessing the reporting of adherence and sexual activity in a simulated microbicide trial (PDF)
Presentation at International Microbicides Conference (M2010), Pittsburgh, 22-25 May
Mensch,Barbara S.; Hewett,Paul C.; Abbott,Sharon; Rankin,Johanna; Littlefield,Sarah A.; Ahmed,Khatija; Cassim,Nazira; Patel,Smruti; Ramjee,Gita; Palanee,Thesla; Mierzwa,Stan; Skoler-Karpoff,Stephanie
Publication date: 2010
How do IT groups interact with the programmatic groups on projects, such as data collection? (PDF)
An InsideNGO information technology roundtable discussion, 18 June
Mierzwa,Stan; Fine,Bob
Publication date: 2010
Consistency of reporting sexual behavior and adherence via ACASI in HPTN 035
Poster presentation
Coly,Astou; Mensch,Barbara S.; Gorbach,Pamina M.; Masse,Benoit R.; Makanani,Bonus; Chinula,Lameck; Nkhoma,Chiwawa; Tembo,T.; Mierzwa,Stan; Reynolds,Kimberly; Hurst,Stacey; Coletti,Anne S.; Forsyth,Andrew
Publication date: 2009
Population Council computerized interviewing technology workshop (PDF)
Special workshop at the XXVI IUSSP International Population Conference, Marrakech, 27 September-2 October
Mierzwa,Stan; Souidi,Samir
Publication date: 2009
Use of computer-assisted self-interview to assess product use in microbicide trials: Lessons learned in HPTN 035 (PDF)
Poster presentation at the 18th International Society for Sexually Transmitted Diseases Research (ISSTDR), London, 28 June-1 July
McVarish,L.; Gorbach,Pamina M.; Mensch,Barbara S.; Coly,Astou; Young,A.; Masse,Benoit R.; Makanani,Bonus; Chinula,Lameck; Nkhoma,Chiwawa; Tembo,T.; Mierzwa,Stan; Reynolds,Kimberly; Hurst,Stacey; Coletti,Anne S.; Forsyth,Andrew
Publication date: 2009
Field office of the future: Minimal operational standards to maximize organizational success (PDF)
Presentation at the InsideNGO annual membership meeting, Washington DC, 24-25 June
Mierzwa,Stan
Publication date: 2008
Population Council computerized interviewing technology workshop (PDF)
Special workshop at the Population Association of America 2008 Annual Meeting, New Orleans, 17 April
Mierzwa,Stan
Publication date: 2008
System/software integration across geographic areas within an NGO (PDF)
Presentation at an APVOFM/Personnel Co-op event for decisionmakers, New York, and Washington DC, 7 and 18 March
Mierzwa,Stan; Mullen,Stan
Publication date: 2008
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