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.Obituary at Boston University He was among the recipients of the 1976 Gairdner Foundation International Award.Gairdner Foundation International Award page for William B. Kannel He coined the term "risk factor", which first appeared in a 1961 article in Annals of Internal Medicine.
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