William B. Kannel

William B. Kannel (December 13, 1923 in Brooklyn – August 20, 2011) was a former director of the Framingham Heart Study and a former head of the American Heart Association's Council of Epidemiology.[1][2] He was among the recipients of the 1976 Gairdner Foundation International Award.[3][4] He coined the term "risk factor", which first appeared in a 1961 article in Annals of Internal Medicine.[5]

References
  1. Obituary at Boston University
  2. "Kannel, renowned medical researcher, dead at 87". The Washington Post. 2011-08-22. Archived from the original on 2020-02-02.
  3. Gairdner Foundation International Award page for William B. Kannel
  4. "American Heart Association page on the William B. Kannel Memorial Lectureship Fund in Preventive Cardiology". Archived from the original on 2015-12-22. Retrieved 2015-10-09.
  5. Husten, Larry (23 August 2011). "William Kannel, Former Director of the Framingham Heart Study, Dead at 87". Forbes.


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