She received her M.Cl.Sc. in Occupational Therapy and her Ph.D. in Rehabilitation Science from Western University. Informed by the principles of aging-in-place and universal design, Dr. Vrkljan’s research focus is on driver rehabilitation and community mobility across the lifespan, as well as technology use and participation in older adulthood. She is the lead investigator of the McMaster-Candrive team, a longitudinal study funded by the Canadian Institutes for Health Research, and is co-investigator on the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging.