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.

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.

Oliver Wendt

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