Columbia University to Lead ARPA-H-Funded Effort to Transform Childbirth Through AI ...

Columbia University leads a $5m ARPA-H Phase I award to develop HARMONI, an AI-powered wearable system combining an abdominal belt and ear sensor to provide continuous, objective monitoring of maternal and fetal physiology during labour. The system aims to replace decades-old fetal heart rate interpretation with multimodal AI analysis of mother-fetus interaction, with early FDA pathway conversations planned.

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