Center for Families Fellowship Lecture
Facilitates open dialog between faculty, students, and researchers from across campus who share in the desire to build a better world through innovative research.
Facilitates open dialog between faculty, students, and researchers from across campus who share in the desire to build a better world through innovative research.
Each year, the CFF Fellowship Lecture brings a Center for Families Fellow to the stage to share how their research is shaping our understanding of families and shaping better outcomes for them. As part of CFF’s Speaker Series, the lecture creates space for faculty, students, and researchers from across Purdue to come together, explore bold ideas, and ask what’s next.
The lecture spotlights the depth of work supported through CFF’s Funding Program, turning an individual research project into a moment of shared learning for the whole CFF community.

Impact Beyond the Research Lab: Scaling Digital Health Innovations
Oliver Wendt, PhD, F-ASHA, Cognitive and Emotional Disabilities, University of Potsdam & Human Development and Family Science, Purdue University
2026 CFF Fellowship Lecture
Gender, Relationships, and Health Behavior Change: Rethinking Family Dynamics in Disease Management
Libby Richards, PhD, Nursing
2025 CFF Fellowship Lecture
Policy Environments and Perceptions: Workers who Utilize Parental Leave Policies
Trenton Mize, PhD, Sociology & Statistics
2024 CFF Fellowship Lecture