Discover Nurtureum’s Recovery Framework
By integrating biological and psychosocial data into a unified predictive model—it offers a roadmap for proactively supporting high-risk populations such as NEC survivors through trauma-informed, family-centered care across the earliest and most critical phases of life.
Predictive insight,
Resilient recovery
Innovating the NICU experience and changing outcomes
Predict
Our patent pending clinical system integrates biological stress markers with trauma-informed psychosocial data to predict risk and guide recovery.
Protect
Pediatric Medical Traumatic Stress (PMTS) is a silent driver of long-term neurodevelopmental, emotional, and relational harm for children who survive critical illness — and for their caregivers.
Empower
Utilization enables early identification of high-risk infants and caregivers and generates tailored recommendations for hospital, home, and community settings.
About Us
Stephanie Vaughan and Heather Tanner are the Co-Founders of Nurtureum, a company transforming how families and clinicians understand, predict, and respond to early medical trauma. Stephanie, Head of Research and Innovation, leads the development of predictive recovery models and trauma-informed intervention tools grounded in biomedical and behavioral science. Heather, Head of Advocacy and Education, brings a decade of national leadership in NICU, NEC, and mental health advocacy, ensuring every solution reflects real-world family experience and system needs. Together, they integrate rigorous science, compassionate design, and lived expertise to improve lifelong outcomes for medically fragile infants and their families.
Reach out to us: hello@nurtureum.com