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.
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