The Heart Research Institute (HRI) is a not-for-profit research facility, originally based in Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia and currently based in Newtown, New South Wales.
The Heart Research Institute was officially opened on 17 March 1989, spearheaded by a group of cardiologists at Sydney's Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, led by David Richmond, and also supported by The University of Sydney.
The original vision was to create NSW's first medical research institute dedicated to the detection, prevention and treatment of heart disease.
[1] The Institute was opened by Quentin Bryce AC, the Governor-General of Australia.
[1] HRI has maintained a strong tradition of clinical research ever since that has led to multiple breakthroughs and groundbreaking discoveries.