Ashvene Sureshkumar is a PhD Candidate at the University of Toronto within the Rehabilitation Sciences Institute (RSI). She is a research associate in IDEA’s Hub1, Workplace Systems and Partnerships, working under the direction of Emile Tompa and Emma Irvin. 

Sureshkumar is skilled in evidence synthesis, qualitative methodologies, quantitative methodologies and mixed methods. She has experience with equity, diversity, inclusion and accessibility (EDIA) research and her areas of research expertise include mixed methods, mindfulness-based interventions, health services research and people living with multiple sclerosis. Her PhD work involves developing an implementation toolkit for building online mindfulness-based interventions for people living with multiple sclerosis

Sureshkumar holds a Bachelor of Health Science (BHSc) and a Master of Science (MSc) in Health and Rehabilitation Sciences from Western University. In 2024, Ashvene was awarded the endMS Doctoral Student Award to support her doctoral research.