Background
Keller, Andrew Zellus was born on October 4, 1927 in Chattanooga. Son of Henry and Frances (Carmicheal) Keller.
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Andrew Zellus Keller
Edit Profileepidemiologist consultant researcher
Andrew Zellus Keller, American Epidemiologist, researcher, consultant. Achievements include discovery that liver cirrhosis is strongly associated with increased risks of multiple primary cancers and floor of mouth cancer; co-determination that smoked tobaccos and alcoholic beverages in excess act multiplicatively in synergism to increase risks of oral and pharyngeal cancer. Recipient Distinguished Alumnus award Harvard University, 1988.
Education
Bachelor of Science, Morehouse College, 1949; Doctor of Medical Dentistry, Harvard University, Boston, 1959; Master in Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, 1961.
Career
Chief research in geographic epidemiology, VA Center Office, Washington, 1964-1979; senior epidemiologist, Azk & Associations, Washington, since 1980. Member policy board on sickle cell disease National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., since 1978.
Achievements
Membership
Member national committee Harvard Medical school, 1988-1992. Fellow APHA, American College Epidemiology. Member Biometric Society, Senior Society Dental Medicine Harvard University, Morehouse College Alumni Association (recording secretary Metropolitan Washington chapter since 1988, Morehouse Man of Year award 1990), Harvard School Medicine's Living Leadership in Epidemiologic Research, Phi Beta Kappa.
Connections
Married Ethel Louise Billingslea, February 1945 (divorced August 1955). Children: Andrelia Frangepania, Cynthia Diann.
