Rachel Bergmans, PhD, MPH

Rachel Bergmans leads the Health Equity Core in the U-M Chronic Pain and Fatigue Research Center. Her program of work is focused on putting permanent infrastructure in place to increase diversity, equity, and inclusion within pain research; establishing sustainable academic-community partnerships; and prioritizing the needs and perspectives of underrepresented communities in the development of integrative therapies for pain management. Her interests in health equity align with the Center's themes of strengthening systems for health, and social and environmental determinants of health. Her past work includes an emphasis on social determinants of health, including food insecurity in the US and in Zambia.