| Dr | Renuka Ananth Kalyan | Kadali | Harnett Health System and Campbell University | Vaccines and Vaccination | United States | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Maha | Al Mozaini | KFSHRC | Infectious Diseases Prevention, Control and Cure | United States | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Mohammed | Azab | Boise State University | Neuro Infectious Diseases | United States | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Jiuzhou | Song | University of Maryland | Immunology of Infections | United States | Excellence in Research |
| Dr | Mirla | Avila | Texas Tech | Immunology of Infections | United States | Best Researcher Award |
| Ms | Esther | Lee | Otolaryngology Department- George Washington University Medical Faculty Associates | others | United States | Best Research Award |
| Dr | Xueying | YANG | University of South Carolina | Epidemiology of Emerging and Re-Emerging Infectious Diseases | United States | Best Research Award |
| Dr | Nourridine | Siewe | Rochester Institute of Technology | Infectious Diseases Prevention, Control and Cure | United States | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Ahmad | Mahdi | University of Kansas- Wichita | Infectious Diseases Prevention, Control and Cure | United States | Best Research Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | mark | osborn | university of minnesota | Infectious Diseases Prevention, Control and Cure | United States | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Maria | De Jesus | School of International Service, American University | Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Sexually Transmitted Infections | United States | Best Research Award |
| Prof | Michael | Bukrinsky | GWU SMHS | Immunology of Infections | United States | Outstanding Scientist Award |
| Prof Dr | Ruxana | Sadikot | Ruxana T Sadikot, MD, MRCP(UK), Professor of Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center | Infectious Diseases Prevention, Control and Cure | United States | Best Researcher Award |
| Assist Prof Dr | Fuqing | Wu | University of Texas Health Science Center | Epidemiology of Emerging and Re-Emerging Infectious Diseases | United States | Best Research Award |
| Dr | Konstantinos | Economopoulos | Duke University Medical Center | Infectious Diseases Prevention, Control and Cure | United States | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Maximo A. | Benavides | Bio Medical Science World Corp. | Vaccines and Vaccination | United States | Best Research Award |
| Prof | Deming | Sun | University of California, Los Angeles | Immunology of Infections | United States | Best Research Award |
| Dr | Stephen | Hsu | Augusta University | Infectious Diseases Prevention, Control and Cure | United States | Best Research Award |
| Dr | Tahmineh | Azizi | University of Wisconsin-Madison | others | United States | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Yawei Jenny | Yang | Weill Cornell Medical Center | Immunology of Infections | United States | Best Researcher Award |