Taura L. Barr

Taura L. Barr, PhD, RN, FAHA is an internationally recognized Nurse Scientist and Entrepreneur with expertise in stroke, head injury and heart disease. Her academic discoveries resulted in one issued patent and multiple provisional filings. In 2012, she co-founded Valtari Bio to bring to market a point of care blood test for triaging suspected stroke patients. In February 2013 she had a pulmonary embolism with multiple complications. During her recovery, she discovered a way to re-create her life to not only survive but thrive in all of her professional and personal roles. Since her health scare, Taura has maintained her CSO role in Valtari Bio, is an active member and fellow of the American Heart Association, consults with nurse scientists, entrepreneurs and academic institutions and continues to publish and present her research in peer-reviewed settings.

Because she was eager to help others like her, Taura took her personal journey and combined that with her professional expertise and passion to build Deep Roots Healing LLC. Dr. Barr’s life mission is to create a person-centered, integrative, holistic approach to brain and heart disease recovery, guided by person specific needs on a continuum. She strives to educate, inspire, empower and coach nurse entrepreneurs and leaders, enabling them to reach their full leadership potential in their home, work and community environments regardless of the challenges they may face. She is an inspirational speaker and an accomplished book co-author. She is currently working on a second book that describes her personal health challenges and how she has overcome them to thrive in her professional and personal life.