--- description: Rachel Bergmans, PhD, MPH, is a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology at the University of Michigan, where she leads the Chronic Pain and Fatigue Research Center’s Publicly Engaged Research Core. Dr. Bergmans is a social epidemiologist and clinical researcher whose NIH-funded work focuses on promoting public engagement in research and advancing patient-centered care. Her scholarship integrates the lived experiences of people with chronic pain into the development of novel therapies and integrative treatment approaches. title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Rachel Bergmans ## Rachel Bergmans Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Rachel Bergmans, PhD, MPH, is a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology at the University of Michigan, where she leads the Chronic Pain and Fatigue Research Center’s Publicly Engaged Research Core. Dr. Bergmans is a social epidemiologist and clinical researcher whose NIH-funded work focuses on promoting public engagement in research and advancing patient-centered care. Her scholarship integrates the lived experiences of people with chronic pain into the development of novel therapies and integrative treatment approaches. ## Rachel Bergmans Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close *  Nov 18, 2025 ### [Why DEI Is Essential in Medicine](https://time.com/7333975/dei-lupus-research-treatment/) Lupus patients pay the price when we erase inclusion from medical research. [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/rachel-bergmans/","name":"Rachel Bergmans"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/rachel-bergmans/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/rachel-bergmans/"},"name":"Rachel Bergmans","jobTitle":null,"description":"Rachel Bergmans, PhD, MPH, is a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology at the University of Michigan, where she leads the Chronic Pain and Fatigue Research Center’s Publicly Engaged Research Core. Dr. Bergmans is a social epidemiologist and clinical researcher whose NIH-funded work focuses on promoting public engagement in research and advancing patient-centered care. Her scholarship integrates the lived experiences of people with chronic pain into the development of novel therapies and integrative treatment approaches.","url":"https://time.com/author/rachel-bergmans/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```