| Prof | Jinhua | Hu | Fifth Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital | Hepatitis | China | Best Research Award | |
| Prof | Jiuzhou | Song | University of Maryland | Immunology of Infections | United States | Excellence in Research | |
| Prof | John S. | Lambert | University College Dublin/ Mater Misericordiae University Hospital | Infectious Diseases Prevention, Control and Cure | Ireland | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mr | Johnson | Oliyide | Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Nigeria | others | Nigeria | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof Dr | José | Senna | Instituto de Tecnologia em Imunobiologicos BioManguinhos FIOCRUZ | Antimicrobial, Antibiotic, Antibacterial Resistance | Brazil | Best Research Award | |
| Prof Dr | Jose M | Miro | Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, Spain | Blood Stream Infections, Bacteraemia, Septicaemia, Blood Poisoning | Spain | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof Dr | Joseph | Tan | McMaster University | Global Trends in Emerging Infectious Diseases | United States | Best Research Award | |
| Dr | Joseph | BOURGI | Lebanese University | Antimicrobial, Antibiotic, Antibacterial Resistance | Lebanon | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Juan | Rodriguez | Universidad Nacional de Colombia | Tuberculosis | Colombia | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Julian Andres | Rengifo Herrera | CONICET | Antimicrobial, Antibiotic, Antibacterial Resistance | Argentina | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Jun | Chen | Shaanxi Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine | Epidemiology of Emerging and Re-Emerging Infectious Diseases | China | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Jun | Hao | Northeastern University | Infectious Diseases Prevention, Control and Cure | China | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof | Junfeng | Su | Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi'an, China | others | China | Best Scholar Award | |
| Mrs | Jurate | Kemesiene | Lithuanian university of health sciences Kaunas Clinics | Urinary Tract Infections | Lithuania | Best Research Award | |
| Mrs. | Kabita | Dhami | Nepal Health Research Council | Infectious Diseases Prevention, Control and Cure | Nepal | Research Excellence Award | pencis.com |
| Dr | Kaiming | Bi | UT Austin | Ebola and Zika Viral Infections | United States | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Kamel | MOKHNACHE | Laboratory of Applied Biochemistry, University Ferhat Abbas Setif 1, 19000, Algeria \ Department of Process Engineering, University Hassiba Benbouali, Chlef, Algeria | Antimicrobials, Antibiotics, Antibacterials | Algeria | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Kamran | Tahir | ICS, Gomal University | Antimicrobial, Antibiotic, Antibacterial Resistance | Pakistan | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Karen | Sánchez | UFPel | Immunology of Infections | Brazil | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | karthikeyan | chandrasekaran | Centro de Investigación de Polímeros Avanzados | Antimicrobial, Antibiotic, Antibacterial Resistance | Chile | Best Researcher Award | |