| Date of birth |
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December 13, 1923 |
| Marital Status |
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Married, four children |
| Address |
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Boston University School of Medicine
Framingham Heart Study
5 Thurber Street
Framingham, MA 01701 |
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| Education |
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Haaren High School, January 1939-January 1940 |
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Samuel Jones Tilden High School, January 1940-January 1942 |
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College of the City of New York, February 1942-June 1942, Chemical Engineering |
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Radio School of New York City, September 1942-January 1943 |
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University of Georgia, Athens, September 1943-March 1944 Engineering ASTP |
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University of Florida, Gainesville, March 1944-December 1944 Pre-Med ASTP |
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University of Georgia, School of Medicine, Augusta, September 1945-June 1949,
M.D., Summa Cum Laude |
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Harvard School of Public Health, 1957-1958, MPH, Cum Laude |
| Training and
Experience |
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Pharmacy Tech, A.U.S., 1943-1945 |
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Intern, USPHS, Staten Island, New York, June 1949-June 1950 |
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Heart Disease Epidemiology Study, Framingham, MA, NHLBI, NIH, July 1950-November
1951, July 1952-June 1953, July 1956-present Newton Heart Program, Newton Health
Department, November 1951-July 1952 |
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Diabetes Clinic, Boston City Hospital, July 1950-May 1953, Part-time |
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Worcester Memorial Hospital, Assistant in Medicine, Part-time, September
1951-January 1953 |
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Assistant in Medicine, Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston, 1956-1963 |
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Resident, Internal Medicine, Staten Island, NY, USPHS Hospital, three years,
concluding June 1956 |
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Diplomat, American Board of Internal Medicine, November 1958 |
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Associate in Preventive Medicine, Harvard Medical College, 1961 |
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Director, Heart Disease Epidemiology Study, NHLBI, Framingham, MA, 1966-1979 |
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Professor of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, 1979-present |
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Chairman of the Section of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology, Boston
University Medical Center, 1979-present |
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Professor of Medicine and Public Health (Epidemiology and Biostatistics), Boston
University School of Medicine, 1982-present |
| Licensure |
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Georgia, #6433, 1951 |
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Massachusetts, #23063, 1952 |
| Military |
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US Army, Serial #32877185, March 1943-March 1946 |
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US Public Health Service, June 1949-January 1979 |
| Organizations |
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Commissioned Officers Association, USPHS |
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Fellow, American College of Physicians, 1963 |
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Fellow, American Heart Association, July 1966 |
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Fellow, American College of Cardiology, November 1969 |
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Chairman, Council on Epidemiology, American Heart Association, 1975-1977 |
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Fellow, American College of Epidemiology, November 1981 |
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Fellow, American College of Preventive Medicine (honorary) 1984 |
| Appointments |
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Assistant in Medicine, Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, 1956-1963 |
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Consultant, Cushing State Hospital, 1958-1962 |
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Research and Teaching Fellow, Harvard Medical College, Department of Preventive
Medicine, July 1959-July 1960 |
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Lecturer in Research Methods, Harvard School of Public Health, 1958-1962 |
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Associate in Preventive Medicine, Harvard Medical College, 1960 |
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Lecturer on Preventive and Social Medicine, Harvard University, 1977-present |
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Consultant in Medicine, Framingham Union Hospital, 1958-present |
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US Air Force Scientific Advisory Board, 1977-1978 |
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Visiting Physician and Member of the Evans Medical Foundation. University
Hospital, Boston University Medical Center, 1979-present |
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Professor of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, 1979-present |
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Collaborating Principal Research Scientist, NERI, 1994 to present |
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Chairman, Department of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology, 1979-1990 |
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Professor of Public Health, Boston University (Epidemiology and Biostatistics),
1982-present |
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Chief, Medical Advisory Board to NASA, 1981-1984 |
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Editorial Board, "Hypertension" |
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Editorial Board, "American Journal of Cardiology" |
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Editorial Board, "American Heart Journal" |
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Editorial Board, "Journal of Clinical Epidemiology" |
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Editorial Board, "Primary Cardiology" |
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Editorial Board, "Drugs and Aging" |
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Editorial Board, "Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation" |
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Editorial Board, "Journal of Myocardial Ischemia" |
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Editorial Board, "American Journal of Geriatric Cardiology" |
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Research Fellow in the Center for Health and Advanced Policy Studies, Boston
University |
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Director, Council on Geriatric Cardiology, June 1993 |
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Member, International Editorial Board of Drugs and Aging |
| Honors |
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Pfizer Visiting Professor, Institute de Recherches Cliniques de Montreal,
November 1973 |
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Alpha Omega Alpha, University of Georgia |
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Honorary Fellow of American College of Physicians, 1985 |
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University Lecturer, Boston University, 1987 |
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Honorary Degree of Doctor of Medicine, University of Goteborg, Sweden, 1989 |
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Honorary Degree of Doctor of Science, Medical College of Ohio, 1997 |
| Awards |
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Charles A. Dana Award in Preventive Medicine, 1972 |
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Einthoven Award, The Netherlands, 1973 |
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Thomas Francis Jr. Memorial Award, University of Michigan, 1973 |
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Gairdner International Award, 1976 |
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Meritorius Service Medal, Department of Health, Education and Welfare, Public
Health Service, May 1975 |
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Polish Copernicus Award for Contribution to Preventive Medicine, 1977 |
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Paul Dudley White Award, Association of Military Surgeons, 1977 |
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Lewis C. Robbins Recognition Award, Society for Prospective Medicine, 1979 |
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Distinguished Alumnus Award, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, 1979 |
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CIBA Award for Hypertension Research, November, 1981 |
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James D. Bruce Memorial Award, American College of Physicians, 1982 |
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Charles A. Dana Award for Pioneering Achievement in Health, 1986 |
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1988 Distinguished Service Award, American College of Cardiology, 1988 |
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The New York Cardiological Society Achievement, Arvilla Berger Lecturer, 1988 |
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Distinguished Lecturer of the Year for Boston University, 1988 |
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Award for Research in Hypertension from the National Conference on Cholesterol
and Hypertension, Washington, DC, April 1991 |
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Distinguished Alumnus Award, University of Georgia Medical School, April, 1993 |
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Bristol-Myers Squibb Award for Distinguished Achievement in Cardiovascular
Research, May, 1993 |
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Research Achievement Award, American Heart Association, 1994 |
| Biographical
Sketch |
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Dr. William B. Kannel, born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, is a graduate of
the Medical College of Georgia (1949). He was trained in internal medicine in the United
States Public Health Service at Staten Island, New York, and certified in 1958, becoming a
fellow of the American College of Cardiology in 1969. He is also a fellow of the American
College of Epidemiology and the American College of Preventive Medicine (honorary). He has
been active in the field of cardiovascular epidemiology for more than 40 years and
associated with pioneering the Framingham Heart Study since it's inception in 1949. In
1966, Doctor Kannel become Director, replacing Dr. Thomas R. Dawber, the original
architect of the world famous study. He was also an attending physician at Boston
University Medical Center and a member of the Evans Memorial Foundation. Doctor Kannel is also trained in
public health as well as in internal medicine and clinical cardiology, receiving a
Master's Degree cum laude from Harvard in 1959. He has been associated with the National
Heart, Lung and Blood Institute for over 35 years, and has had a long abiding interest in
preventive cardiology for which he received the Dana Award in Preventive Medicine in 1972,
the Dutch Einthoven Award in 1973, the Canadian Gairdner Award in 1976, the CIBA Award for
Hypertension Research in 1981, the James D. Bruce Memorial Award of the American College
of Physicians in 1982, and the Charles A. Dana Award for Pioneering Achievement in Health
in 1986. He was named the University Lecturer of Boston University Medical Center in
March, 1987. He received the 1988 Distinguished Service Award at the 37th Annual
Convocation of the American College of Cardiology in March, 1988, the Bristol Myers Squibb
Award for Distinguished Achievement in Cardiovascular Research in 1993 and the
Distinguished Alumnus Award from the University of Georgia Medical School in 1993.
He is a past Chairman of the
Council of Epidemiology of the American Heart Assocation and a past Chief of the Section
of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology in the Department of Medicine at Boston University
Medical Center. He has held faculty appointments at Harvard Medical College and was a
Senior Research Associate in the Center for Technology and Policy at Boston University.
Doctor Kannel is currently Professor of Medicine and Public Health at the Boston
University School of Medicine. |
