Weiler honored by national organization

Lindsey Weiler, associate professor in Family Social Science, has been honored with the 2025 Undergraduate Research Mentor Award from the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) Board on Health and Human Sciences (BHHS), based in Washington, D.C.

She is among four public university scholars honored with 2025 Board on Health and Human Sciences Awards. The annual awards are presented to national leaders working to advance human sciences in higher education.

According to APLU, the awards support the development and stewardship of academic excellence in human sciences; elevate and leverage resources to support human sciences research, outreach, and teaching programs; and educate leaders regarding the capacity of human sciences to solve human problems. These honors are part of the broader BHHS mission of promoting the intellectual integrity and stature of the human sciences at APLU member institutions. The BHHS is an association of administrators of higher education units responsible for the research, outreach, and teaching programs in the health and human sciences at public research universities across the country. 

2025 Undergraduate Research Mentor Award

Joining the UMN faculty in 2014, Dr. Weiler’s research has significantly advanced the science of relational preventive programs, including the creation and evaluation of innovative trauma-informed models designed for children who have experienced adverse childhood experiences. She was also honored earlier this year with the 2025- 26 Horace T. Morse - University of Minnesota Alumni Association Award for Outstanding Contributions to Undergraduate Education (read the story here). She will discuss her work at the April 1 FSoS Research Colloquium. 

She earned her BA in Psychology from Concordia University and both her MS in Human Development and Family Studies and her PhD 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.