William Becker, MD

2026

• The Veteran Affairs' Approach for Chronic Pain Management-Reply.

  Denneson L, Becker W, Seal K. The Veteran Affairs' Approach for Chronic Pain Management-Reply. JAMA: The Journal Of The American Medical Association 2026 PMID: 42671860, DOI: 10.1001/jama.2026.13735.

  Commentaries, Editorials and Letters

• The Veterans Aging Cohort Study (VACS)‐National: A Real‐World Data Source Profile

  Rentsch C, Re V, Skanderson M, McGinnis K, Kidwai‐Khan F, Alcorn C, Black A, Crothers K, Marconi V, Freiberg M, Torgersen J, Justice A, Becker W, Park L. The Veterans Aging Cohort Study (VACS)‐National: A Real‐World Data Source Profile. Pharmacoepidemiology And Drug Safety 2026, 35: e70465. PMID: 42634471, PMCID: PMC13501190, DOI: 10.1002/pds.70465.

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• Social determinants of health as predictors of latent symptom clusters in patients undergoing maintenance hemodialysis: A secondary analysis of the HOPE consortium randomized trial

  Steel J, Lockwood M, Yabes J, Hsu J, Cavanaugh K, Liebschutz J, Unruh M, Howell H, Brintz C, Heapy A, Keefe F, Dember L, Kimmel P, Doorenbos A, Cheatle M, McNeil D, Cukor D, Jhamb M, Consortium H, Jhamb M, Bulls H, Hamm M, Kamat S, Liebschutz J, Steel J, Yabes J, Lacey P, Olejniczak D, Schopp M, Weimer M, Wood V, Beach U, Barton A, Casilli V, Connelly L, Dirks J, Farkas L, Geibel A, Kirsch O, Kubrick P, Lietz P, Self B, Stringfellow S, Wilson O, Fischer M, Doorenbos A, Holden C, Lash J, Lockwood M, Steffen A, Gilmartin C, Goldstein A, Meinel M, Silva K, Zamora G, Contreras B, Eneanya N, Schrauben S, Almonte-Then S, Amonu C, Bishop N, Park D, Stallings T, Dember L, Cheatle M, Farrar J, Hsu J, Joffe S, Kampman K, Keefe F, Landis J, Barrell T, Bernardo L, Joffe J, Kuzla N, Walsh J, Edwards D, Grindstaff R, Hoover A, Lerner S, Mims R, Quintana N, Sousa S, Villareal D, White D, Wilkie C, Williams J, Cavanaugh V, Brintz C, Edwards D, Ikizler A, Mishra P, Stewart T, Berry D, Merrimon D, Opeke S, Pleasant S, Pegues H, Roach C, Williams S, Unruh M, Argyropoulos C, Pankratz S, Quinn D, Garcia G, Meza M, Cardona M, Weidner T, Trejo G, Leon A, Ashley E, Palma G, Chalamidas K, Edeh O, Gear L, Guy C, Kimura G, Cupe A, Luo H, McDaniels K, McLaren S, Mejia V, Mullins C, Okereke U, Rudow G, Sosa G, Sullivan L, Torres J, Vilchis H, Johansen K, Bart G, Krebs E, Wetmore J, Pacheco-Hernandez M, Munet U, Qamhiyeh R, Wambua M, Busch A, Cameron S, Kalim S, Nigwekar S, Weiner D, Ekor K, Mengesha B, Percy S, Charytan D, Goldfeld K, Lee J, Miyawaki N, Scherer J, Shallcross A, Cazes M, Chaudry S, Dutka P, Flores Y, Ortiz D, Grant C, Keane C, Krishnamurthy P, Macina A, McCarthy A, Rice K, Robinson G, Varela D, Ways J, Dyer V, R R, Bansal N, Bhatraju E, Weisbord S, Anderson L, Johnson S, Laszlo K, Linke L, Clark C, Cukor D, Berman N, Chen N, Chicos I, Donahue S, Gong A, Kalam E, Pellegrino B, McNeil D, Moss A, Schmidt R, Dalton C, O’Connell K, Wilkinson M, Becker W, Belcher J, Crowley S, Esserman D, Falker C, Heapy A, Vassilieva S, Zuniga S, Howell H, Payne K, Pun P, Kourany W, Lefler J, Purdy T, Hammond J, Harris K, Hoffman S, Rutledge J, Morasco B, Blazes C, Stauffer C, Adams M, Collins D, Torres R, Dallas V, Center M, Penfield J, Barbosa M, Beeks L, Guajardo E, Sanchez S, Mehta M, Cosmin A, Goldfarb D, Felson S, Sands B, Modersitzki F, Kimmel P. Social determinants of health as predictors of latent symptom clusters in patients undergoing maintenance hemodialysis: A secondary analysis of the HOPE consortium randomized trial. Journal Of Pain 2026, 48: 106313. PMID: 42526778, DOI: 10.1016/j.jpain.2026.106313.

  Peer-Reviewed Original Research

• Building and Sustaining Patient Engagement Infrastructure Focused on Overdose Prevention Within a US Veterans Affairs National Research Network

  Sides T, Argust M, Jensen A, Thomas G, Hyde J, Miedema K, Kidd R, McCoy M, Langford R, Padilla J, Becker W. Building and Sustaining Patient Engagement Infrastructure Focused on Overdose Prevention Within a US Veterans Affairs National Research Network. Health Expectations 2026, 29: e70774. PMID: 42517603, DOI: 10.1111/hex.70774.

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• Latent patterns of complementary and integrative health therapy utilization among Veterans Health Administration patients on long-term opioid therapy

  Kazemitabar M, Becker W, Zeliadt S, Kerns R, Douglas J, Abel E, Rajeevan H, Heapy A, Black A. Latent patterns of complementary and integrative health therapy utilization among Veterans Health Administration patients on long-term opioid therapy. Pain Medicine 2026, pnag097. PMID: 42503189, DOI: 10.1093/pm/pnag097.

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• Associations Between Medical Cannabis Use and Prescription Pain Reliever Use in U.S. Adults, 2022–2023

  McGoldrick P, Becker W, Wesolowicz D, Black A. Associations Between Medical Cannabis Use and Prescription Pain Reliever Use in U.S. Adults, 2022–2023. Substance Use & Misuse 2026, ahead-of-print: 1-10. PMID: 42486815, DOI: 10.1080/10826084.2026.2703195.

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• Chronological versus physiological age for 10-year survival estimation: a real-world healthsystem-wide cohort analysis

  Justice A, Tate J, McGinnis K, Torgersen J, Braithwaite R, Marconi V, Goetz M, Rodriguez-Barradas M, Brown S, Park L, Oursler K, Womack J, Becker W. Chronological versus physiological age for 10-year survival estimation: a real-world healthsystem-wide cohort analysis. EBioMedicine 2026, 130: 106371. PMID: 42462282, PMCID: PMC13400850, DOI: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2026.106371.

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• Substance Use Among US Adults at Midlife: Risk Factors and Protective Factors Among National and Milwaukee Black American Samples.

  Hsu Y, Ransome Y, Becker W, Frater J, Demuyakor I, Fiellin D, Barry D. Substance Use Among US Adults at Midlife: Risk Factors and Protective Factors Among National and Milwaukee Black American Samples. Journal Of Addiction Medicine 2026 PMID: 42372082, DOI: 10.1097/adm.0000000000001736.

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• Clinical Instruments Assessing Harms and Benefits of Long-Term Opioid Therapy for Chronic Pain: A Scoping Review

  Grant A, Ali M, Cheng A, Funaro M, Black A, Esserman D, DeBar L, Edmond S, Becker W. Clinical Instruments Assessing Harms and Benefits of Long-Term Opioid Therapy for Chronic Pain: A Scoping Review. Journal Of General Internal Medicine 2026, 1-11. PMID: 42225871, PMCID: PMC13312276, DOI: 10.1007/s11606-026-10531-2.

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• The Veteran Affairs’ Whole Health Approach for Chronic Pain Management

  Seal K, Morasco B, Martin A, Reddy K, Van Iseghem T, Bolton R, Bokhour B, Murphy J, Denneson L, Esserman D, Buta E, Purcell N, Bertenthal D, Painter J, Abadjian L, Moore L, Chan A, McCamish N, Maguen S, Neylan T, Gibson C, Becker W, Adams M, Allen R, Ankawi B, Bailey D, Bay W, Beglane M, Berry-Hyatt T, Bess C, Blankenship A, Blankenship E, Borsari B, Burgo L, Burton C, Cagnina M, Chadwell R, Chun V, Cline B, Collins D, Cristoferi K, Dante G, Dayton-Keyhoe A, DeBar L, DeRonne B, Dougherty J, Edmond S, Eichelsdoerfer E, Etzel B, Fabian E, Feinberg T, Frank J, Gagnon T, Garvey C, George K, Greaves D, Greene C, Gregg E, Guo L, Hagedorn H, Hardaway A, Haywood C, Hildebrand C, Hill L, Hillgren K, Hixson J, Hokazano A, Horn J, Hubbard A, Hudson T, Huffer M, Ibarra J, Jacobson C, Jeffries J, Jenkins D, Jones M, Joseph J, Khanna M, Klayman J, Krebs E, Krishnaswamy A, Kuhn A, Lederer V, Lee T, Lisi A, Lucas L, Mack J, Majoris N, Makonnen R, Mathias M, Mazzone K, Miller E, Morgan C, Munusami M, Nguyen Y, Nieves Y, Noack A, Noonan K, Palyo S, Parker J, Parrilla D, Pierce W, Pitts S, Prasad L, Pyne J, Raciborski R, Ramirez T, Rankin S, Richards L, Roca H, Rodenkirch I, Rodriguez Y, Rudroff K, Saeed A, Seidel I, Sewell K, Shah R, Sivilich H, Suitter J, Torres R, Valenti A, Vannier R, Vassilieva S, Wells M, Wentross J, Wesolowicz D, Woodruff N, Yap E, Yeung C, Ying A, Zuniga S. The Veteran Affairs’ Whole Health Approach for Chronic Pain Management. JAMA: The Journal Of The American Medical Association 2026, 335: 1774-1786. PMID: 42054020, PMCID: PMC13130068, DOI: 10.1001/jama.2026.5006.

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