Neurova Labs began the way many veteran-founded health technologies do, with frustration, loss and a growing belief that the systems designed to help were not addressing the full scope of the problem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Founder and CEO Brenden Borrowman is a retired Army veteran who was medically evacuated after being wounded in Afghanistan in 2011. During his recovery and time in a Warrior Transition Battalion, he was surrounded by service members dealing with post-traumatic stress, traumatic brain injury, addiction and suicidal ideation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
After leaving the military, Borrowman lost friend after friend to suicide and became convinced that existing treatment models were missing something fundamental.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhat I saw was that these guys could function at an incredibly high level overseas,\u201d Borrowman, who earned a PhD in Philosophy and is currently working on a PhD in Neurology, told Military Times. \u201cBut when they got home and were alone with their thoughts, everything fell apart. That told me there was a physical injury component we were not addressing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Borrowman spent years researching the process by which blood flow and oxygen delivery support brain function. His work led to the founding of Neurova Labs, a software company focused on treating what he describes as a physiological injury underlying conditions like PTSD and traumatic brain injury. <\/p>\n\n\n\n