Overview
The Heart Research Centre conducts research into the prevention and management of chronic diseases including cardiovascular diease, their social, psychological and behavioural aspects.
Findings are used to develop, implement and evaluate interventions to improve the quality of life of patients, families and communities and to encourage healthy behaviours in order to reduce premature disability and death from cardiovascular disease.
Results of clinical studies aim to improve the delivery of health services for cardiac patients and their families. Applied research and the training of practitioners in the field are also important aspects of the Centre’s work.
Background and History
The Heart Research Centre was established with three year seeding funding in 1989 as a bicentennial project within the Victorian Division of the National Heart Foundation.
It became a national centre in 1991 and in 1993, the Centre became an independent public benevolent charitable institution with a Board of Directors. This change was accomplished with assistance from the National Heart Foundation and the Victorian Department of Human Services.
The Heart Research Centre moved to the site of The Royal Melbourne Hospital in 2000 to facilitate opportunities for collaborative research with clinicians and research staff at the University of Melbourne.
Following demolition of the building in which it was sited, the Heart Research Centre moved nearby to North Melbourne where it shares a floor with the University of Melbourne Psychology Department’s clinic.
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