ABOUT NOVARA
Science, experience, and a genuine gap in women’s health.
Novara was founded to address a significant challenge that had been largely left unresolved — the millions of women transitioning through perimenopause or living with coronary microvascular dysfunction who have historically had limited tailored and structured lifestyle support.
Ciarán Byrne
Founder, Novara
15+
Years vascular and neuromuscular health experience
2
US patents in cardiovascular AI (named inventor)
6
Peer-reviewed scientific publications
Where science meets purpose.
Ciarán's career has been built at the intersection of physiology, vascular medicine, performance psychology and human behaviour change. Over more than 15 years, he worked inside some of the world's leading medical device companies, where he helped bring life-saving and life-changing vascular and neuromuscular technologies to patients across the US, Europe, Australia, Asia, and Latin America.
That experience gave him an unusually deep understanding of the evidence base, the clinical world, and critically, where gaps in care exist - specifically the absence of tailored and structured lifestyle health programmes for women.
“The science supports the assertion that lifestyle health is important in perimenopause and CMD. What was missing were tailored and structured, evidence-informed programmes designed specifically for these women."
CIARAN BYRNE · FOUNDER, NOVARA
A rare combination of expertise.
Ciarán holds a BSc in Sport & Exercise Science, an MSc in Applied Physiology/Biomedical Science, and an MSc in Applied Sport & Exercise Psychology — a rare combination that underpins Novara's whole-person approach to women's lifestyle health. He is also a Certified Advanced Instructor in the Oxygen Advantage™ respiratory physiology method — one of the core modalities in both Vitality-PeriM and Vitality-CMD.
He is a named inventor on a US patent for an AI algorithm developed to predict the risk of cardiac complications following coronary stent implantation, completed in collaboration with clinical and data science teams at a previous company.
MSc Biomedical Science
MSc Applied Exercise & Sport Psychology
BSc Exercise & Sport Sciences
Oxygen Advantage™ Advanced Instructor
15+ Years Vascular & Neuromuscular Medtech
2 US Patents - Cardiac AI
6 Peer-Reviewed Publications
Certified Cardiac First Response
Why two programmes. One company.
Perimenopause and CMD are different female health domains — but they share a common thread. Both represent major cardiovascular and hormonal transitions in women's lives. Both are significantly underserved by tailored and structured lifestyle health support. And both respond to the same evidence-based modalities: functional breath training, autonomic regulation, sleep, stress mastery, movement, hydration, diet, and behaviour change.
Vitality-PeriM and Vitality-CMD use similar methodologies, applied with precision to two distinct populations. Novara is the company that holds them together.
Company Mission
"To deliver innovative, evidence-informed lifestyle health solutions that empower women to pursue long-lasting health and exceptional lifes-quality."
Important: Novara provides lifestyle health programmes, not medical treatment. Our programmes complement but do not replace medical care. All Vitality-CMD participants require cardiologist or GP clearance. Individual results may vary. If in doubt, contact your medical team.