FSOS associate professor honored
Colorado State University’s College of Health and Human Sciences has honored Lindsey Weiler, associate professor in Family Social Science, with the 2022-2023 CHHS Outstanding Alumna award.
The award recognizes alumni who represent the mission of the College through dedication and excellence.
Weiler received her bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Concordia University, St. Paul, and both a master’s in Human Development and Family Studies (specializing in Marriage and Family Therapy) and a doctorate in Applied Developmental Science from Colorado State University.
She completed a postdoctoral fellowship with the Developmental Psychobiology Research Group at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, and joined the University of Minnesota faculty in 2014 in the Institute for Translational Research in Children’s Mental Health and the Department of Family Social Science, where she is also the Department’s Honors Faculty Representative.
As a trained family therapist and prevention scientist, Weiler applies systemic thinking and clinical expertise to the development and testing of trauma-informed, mental health interventions. Her research has contributed to the growing science of relational preventive interventions, including the establishment and testing of innovative trauma-informed program models specified for children exposed to adverse childhood experiences (ACEs).
Weiler is a recognized expert in community-based research and a member of the Research Board of the National Mentoring Resource Center (NIJ/OJJDP). Her work has been highlighted and published locally, nationally, and globally.
Her contributions to CSU’s Campus Connections Youth Mentoring program were recognized with the 2018 Excellence in Community Partner Community Engagement Award from the Engagement Scholarship Consortium, and with the 2019 W. K. Kellogg Foundation Community Engagement Scholarship Award.
Her most recent research has focused on leveraging youth mentoring practices to fill the shortage of community-based mental health services. Her work is an important example of how community-university partnerships can effectively impact the quality of life, socio-emotional health, and social connectedness of children and adolescents.