IMPACTful Chats


Our web series that highlights the many unique voices of the COVID-19 pandemic. Check out how many different ways people can add to this conversation!

Episode One - Olivia Tyler

May 13, 2020 - Olivia Tyler, age 7, discusses her masks for the homeless with Maylyn Martinez & Seth Trueger.

Episode Two - Lt. General Mark Hertling

May 20, 2020 - Lt. General Mark Hertling joins Maylyn and Seth to discuss how doctors can keep cool in COVID crisis mode.

Episode Three - Emma Davenport

May 27, 2020 - Emma Davenport, 17, joins Seth and Maylyn to discuss her organization, #MasksNowIL, and what they are doing to provide PPE.

Episode 4 - Dr. Garth Walker

June 4, 2020 - IMPACT Chief Equity Officer Garth Walker, MD, MPH, joins Maylyn and Seth to discuss racial disparities, protests, and COVID-19.


Episode Five - Eric Reinhart

June 15, 2020 - Eric Reinhart joins Maylyn and Seth to discuss jail cycling, BLM Protests, and COVID-19.

Episode Six, Part 1 - Students for Ethical Admissions

July 6, 2020 - Maylyn sits down with Students for Ethical Admissions to discuss the effects of the AAMC’s response to COVID-19

Episode Six, Part 2 - AAMC

July 6, 2020 - Dr. Atul Grover and Karen Mitchell of the AAMC join Maylyn to discuss the AAMC’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Episode Seven - Stephanie WilldingJuly 14, 2020 - Stephane Willding, the CEO of Community Health, which is the largest volunteer based free medical facility in the nation, sits down with Maylyn and Seth to chat about Community Health’s patients and …

Episode Seven - Stephanie Willding

July 14, 2020 - Stephane Willding, the CEO of Community Health, which is the largest volunteer based free medical facility in the nation, sits down with Maylyn and Seth to chat about Community Health’s patients and COVID-19.


Episode Eight - Tricia Pendergrast

July 20, 2020 - Tricia Pendergrast, medical student at Northwestern’s Feinberg School of Medicine and founder co #GetMePPEChi, talks about making/donating masks.

Episode Nine - Dr. Laura ZimmermannJuly 27, 2020  - IMPACT CMO and co-founder Dr. Laura Zimmermann joins Maylyn and Seth to discuss how to safely reopen schools amid COVID-19.

Episode Nine - Dr. Laura Zimmermann

July 27, 2020 - IMPACT CMO and co-founder Dr. Laura Zimmermann joins Maylyn and Seth to discuss how to safely reopen schools amid COVID-19.

Episode 10 - Apoorva MandavilliAugust 8, 2020  - New York Times reporter Apoorva Mandavilli discusses children as coronavirus carriers with Maylyn and Seth.

Episode 10 - Apoorva Mandavilli

August 8, 2020 - New York Times reporter Apoorva Mandavilli discusses children as coronavirus carriers with Maylyn and Seth.

Episode Eleven- UIUC studentsSeptember 11, 2020 - Three students from UIUC discuss the campus' COVID-19 outbreak

Episode Eleven- UIUC students

September 11, 2020 - Three students from UIUC discuss the campus' COVID-19 outbreak


Episode Twelve- Apoorva Mandavilli & Seth TruegerSeptember 22, 2020 - Apoorva Mandavilli and Seth Trueger talk about the CDC/HHS testing guidance SNAFU

Episode Twelve- Apoorva Mandavilli & Seth Trueger

September 22, 2020 - Apoorva Mandavilli and Seth Trueger talk about the CDC/HHS testing guidance SNAFU

Episode Fourteen- Future doctor Neil Sheth on unique reason for disparities in COVID-19 October 27, 2020 - Pre-medical student Neil Sheth discusses disparities during COVID 19 and the impending election

Episode Fourteen- Future doctor Neil Sheth on unique reason for disparities in COVID-19

October 27, 2020 - Pre-medical student Neil Sheth discusses disparities during COVID 19 and the impending election


IMPACTful Chats S2 Ep 1: Dr. William Parker discusses ethics of COVID vaccine distributionJanuary 19, 2021 - Impactful chats discusses the ethics of Chicago’s Vaccine distribution and how it could be improved.

IMPACTful Chats S2 Ep 1: Dr. William Parker discusses ethics of COVID vaccine distribution

January 19, 2021 - Impactful chats discusses the ethics of Chicago’s Vaccine distribution and how it could be improved.

IMPACTful Chats S2 Ep2: Immunologist Dr Zachary Rubin answers 50 questions about the COVID vaccine!February 1, 2021 - Dr. Rubin answers the most commonly asked questions about the COVID vaccine!

IMPACTful Chats S2 Ep2: Immunologist Dr Zachary Rubin answers 50 questions about the COVID vaccine!

February 1, 2021 - Dr. Rubin answers the most commonly asked questions about the COVID vaccine!

IMPACTful Chats S2 Ep3: Dr. Ali Khan on vaccine distribution disparitiesFebruary 9, 2021 - Dr. Maylyn Martinez, a hospitalist at the University of Chicago Medical Center and Dr. Seth Trueger, an Emergency Medicine Physician at Northwestern Medicine …

IMPACTful Chats S2 Ep3: Dr. Ali Khan on vaccine distribution disparities

February 9, 2021 - Dr. Maylyn Martinez, a hospitalist at the University of Chicago Medical Center and Dr. Seth Trueger, an Emergency Medicine Physician at Northwestern Medicine interview experts and advocates in the COVID-19 pandemic