This IDSA podcast series designed to honor 2020’s Society Award and HIVMA winners. In this episode, we speak to Raghavendra Tirupathi, MD, recipient of the 2020 Clinical Practice Innovation Award and Christopher Ohl, MD, FIDSA, a recipient of the 2020 Society Citation Award, on bringing ID expertise to underserved populations, the importance of antibiotic stewardship, and how infectious disease experts can address the COVID-19 pandemic in rural communities.