William B. Kannel Explained

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]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.bu.edu/today/2011/cardiovascular-pioneer-william-b-kannel-dies/ Obituary at Boston University
  2. Web site: Kannel, renowned medical researcher, dead at 87 . 2011-08-22 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20200202223452/https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/kannel-renowned-medical-researcher-dead-at-87/2011/08/21/gIQAebbBVJ_story.html . 2020-02-02 . live .
  3. http://www.gairdner.org/content/william-b-kannel Gairdner Foundation International Award page for William B. Kannel
  4. Web site: American Heart Association page on the William B. Kannel Memorial Lectureship Fund in Preventive Cardiology . 2015-10-09 . 2015-12-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151222155603/http://my.americanheart.org/professional/Councils/AwardsandLectures/Lecture/William-B-Kannel-MD-Memorial-Lectureship-Fund-in-Preventive-Cardiology_UCM_453666_Article.jsp . dead .
  5. News: William Kannel, Former Director of the Framingham Heart Study, Dead at 87. Forbes . Larry . Husten . 23 August 2011.

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