The Michigan Medicine Department of Emergency Medicine, including multiple INSIGHT-CPR team members, recently participated in the 2026 American Heart Association Heart Walk to raise awareness for sudden cardiac arrest survivors, co-survivors, and the nearly 90% of individuals who do not survive. The team also walked to support lifesaving CPR training, cardiac arrest research, and programs that improve health and outcomes in the community.

For her Fulbright project, Dr. Hsu will work with international partners in the UK and Taiwan to study how clinicians use AI-guided CPR technologies in real-world settings.

Fast Company magazine has named INSIGHT-CPR an Academic Excellence honoree of its 2026 World Changing Ideas Awards, which recognize bold and transformative efforts that tackle the world’s most pressing issues.

Now in its second year, the U-M Health Survivor Celebration Dinner brought together survivors and their families with the first responders, medical teams, and physicians who played a critical role in the survivors’ outcomes.

Dr. Cindy Hsu presents INSIGHT-CPR as part of the American Heart Association’s “AI in Research” award showcase.

The INSIGHT-CPR project will harness advanced artificial intelligence (AI) to create a portable, easy-to-use device designed to improve survival chances for patients in cardiac arrest. The system combines a non-invasive wearable sensor with an AI-driven algorithm capable of accurately detecting blood pressure in real time.

The American Heart Association awarded the money to UM, along with $5 million to the California-based Kaiser Permanente Division of Research, to conduct research that specifically explores ways AI can be used to improve the screening and treatment of cardiovascular disease, the leading cause of death in the United States.

The American Heart Association awarded the money to UM, along with $5 million to the California-based Kaiser Permanente Division of Research, to conduct research that specifically explores ways AI can be used to improve the screening and treatment of cardiovascular disease, the leading cause of death in the United States.

CannonDesign and Blue Cottage are bringing expertise in design thinking, ethnography, medical technology implementation and go-to-market strategy to help make the life-saving device intuitive and ready for real-world impact. 

By capturing and displaying diastolic blood pressure information in real time, INSIGHT-CPR could help rescuers tailor resuscitation strategies to individual cardiac arrest patients.

The American Heart Association funds scientists at the Kaiser Permanente Division of Research and the University of Michigan to advance the use of artificial intelligence in cardiovascular health care.