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Michelle Li

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As seen in: KSDK-TV (St. Louis, MO), Medium, MSN, MSN Singapore, MSN UK, National Institutes of Health, Yahoo Life, MSN South Africa, Nature, Wiley Online Library, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) and
Covers:  google tv, consumer, general news, gadgets, health, smartphones, education, social media
VERY ASIAN. @ksdknews anchor | 9x Emmy, 4x Nat'l Murrow, Peabody winner, duPont finalist | mom | adoptee | married to @jimvandillen | cofounder @theveryasianfdn

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Michelle Li’s Biography

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Michelle Li is an evening anchor and reporter at WISC-TV in Madison, Wis. Previously she worked as the main anchor at stations in the Coastal Carolinas and Springfield, Mo.

Michelle has received several regional EMMY awards for her interactive work, along with reports on synthetic marijuana, severe weather, women's health issues, national scam investigations and adoption issues.

She has been named Anchor of the Year in the Carolinas, received a Murrow for writing and a congressional honor for h…

Michelle Li’s Journalist Portfolio

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Articles

Generalizable AI predicts immunotherapy outcomes across cancers and treatments

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By Wanxiang Shen, Intae Moon, Thinh Nguyen, Michelle Li Verified, Yepeng Huang, Daniel Marbach, Marinka Zitnik
| Nature Verified
Abstract Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) are a standard treatment across cancers, yet most patients do not respond, and existing biomarkers generalize poorly across tumor types and therapies. Here we present COMPASS, a pan-cancer foundation model that predicts immunotherapy response from bulk tumor transcriptomes using a concept bottleneck transformer.
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Closing the screening gap but not the writing gap: a two-topic evaluation of LLMs for systematic reviews and meta-analyses in hepatology

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By Yuntao Zou, Iris Kim Verified, NAN GAO, Michelle Li Verified, Mi-Ok Kim, Jin Ge
| Nature Verified
Abstract Systematic reviews are essential but labor-intensive. We evaluated LLM-assisted literature screening and drafting in two hepatology topics: carvedilol in compensated cirrhosis and anticoagulation in portal vein thrombosis. For each topic, we searched PubMed, Cochrane, and EMBASE. A few-shot prompt with explicit inclusion/exclusion criteria was used to screen titles and abstracts, with results compared to manual review.
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NYU Tandon and NEC Put a Price Tag on Flood Protection in the Rockaways

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By Michelle Li Verified, Irene Yang
| NYU
In the Rockaways, a peninsula neighborhood in Queens, New York City, decisions about where to invest in flood barriers, beach nourishment, or shoreline reinforcement could soon be backed by something that has long been missing from the conversation. A clear accounting of what those investments are actually worth.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

My first job was a radio reporter - turned news director. My first TV job was a reporter - photographer.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes, but only for school reports. By the time I hit college, we were on Macs.

How is social media changing news?

Social media requires us to engage with our viewers, to get off our mountain, to speak to viewers rather than shout at them. Faster, smarter

Awards

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Midwest-Chicago EMMY

2014 - Interactivity

Mid-South EMMY

2014 - Interactivity

Mid-South EMMY

2013 - Interactivity and Specialty News

Regional Emmy nomination for two categories.

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Edward R. Murrow Award - Writing

2012 - Writing

Regional Edward R. Murrow Award

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Anchor of the Year for the Carolinas

2012 - Anchoring

The Radio Television Digital News Association of the Carolinas selected Michelle as its inaugural Anchor of the Year for both South and North Carolina.

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Mid-America EMMY

2010 - General Assignment News

Regional Emmy award

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Congressional Award - Angels in Adoption

2010 - Service Journalism - Adoption Advocate

Honor from members of Congress and recognition from the Congressional Coalition of Adoption Institute

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