
Objectives:
Create, enhance and develop the capacity of system stakeholders (patients, researchers, clinicians, policy makers) to engage in patient-oriented research.
Current work in progress:
- Provide opportunities to trainees and older adults
- Coordinating capacity building across the Collaborative leveraging existing assets of MIRA and ACHRU and providing avenues for new education and learnings from the Collaborative
Lead:

Brenda Vrkljan
Professor, School of Rehabilitation Science
Brenda Vrkljan is a Professor in the Department of Rehabilitation Science at McMaster University, and a trained Occupational Therapist. Brenda is the lead investigator of the McMaster-Candrive team, a Canadian Institutes for Health Research (CIHR)-funded initiative. She is passionate about promoting safe and functional mobility across the lifespan, which is evident in her research in the CanDrive initiative, a study that focuses on older adults and driving patterns. She is also involved in the development of an in-vehicle camera system for tracking the driving performance of older drivers.
Admin support:

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Trainee support:

Members:
- Julia Abelson
- Carol Bassim
- Jennifer Boyko
- Andrew Costa
- Rebecca Ganann
- Lauren Griffith
- Maureen Markle-Reid
- Penelope Petrie
- Jennifer Salerno
- Carly Whitmore
- Mike Wilson
- Donna Weldon
- Tina Falbo
- Joyce Luyckx