| Prof. | Yang | Wu | Jinggangshan University | Plant Disease Modelling and Parameter Estimation | China | Research Excellence Award | pencis.com |
| Dr. | Yanpeng | Li | Shenzhen University | Immunology of Infections | China | Research Excellence Award | pencis.com |
| Dr. | Yaojun | Wang | Hebei University | Infectious Diseases Prevention, Control and Cure | China | Research Excellence Award | pencis.com |
| Dr | ํYeampon | Nakaramontri | King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi | Neuro Infectious Diseases | Thailand | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Yegnanew A | Shiferaw | Department of Statistics, University of Johannesburg | Global Trends in Emerging Infectious Diseases | South Africa | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mr | Yi | Luo | Yunnan Normal University | others | China | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof. | Ying | Li | School of Medical Technology | Infectious Diseases Prevention, Control and Cure | China | Research Excellence Award | pencis.com |
| Dr | Yolande Therese Rose | Proroga | IZS MEZZOGIORNO | others | Italy | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof | Yongguo | Cao | Jilin University | Animal Infectious Diseases, Zoonosis | China | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr. | Yuanyuan | Qiao | Binzhou medical university | Pathogen Evolution and Adaptation | China | Research Excellence Award | pencis.com |
| Ms. | Yuchan | Chen | Sun Yat-sen University | Global Health and Infectious Disease Burden | China | Best Research Article Award | pencis.com |
| Assist Prof Dr | Yukihiro | Hamada | Tokyo women's medical university hospital | Antimicrobial, Antibiotic, Antibacterial Stewardship | Japan | Best Research Award | |
| Dr | Yulia | Desheva | Institute of Experimental Medicine (RAS) | Immunology of Infections | Russia | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof Dr | Yunfeng | Lin | Sichuan university | Antimicrobial, Antibiotic, Antibacterial Resistance | China | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof Dr | Yuri | Voziyanov | Louisiana Tech University | others | United States | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mr. | Yusuf | Adedeji | Uniosun Teaching Hospital | Infectious Diseases Prevention, Control and Cure | Nigeria | Best Researcher Award | pencis.com |
| Dr. | Yusun | Zhou | The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University | Antimicrobial, Antibiotic, Antibacterial Resistance | China | Best Researcher Award | pencis.com |
| Dr | Yuval | Rinkevich | helmholtz Center, Munich | others | Germany | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr. | Yvonne | Hernandez-Kapila | UCLA | Infectious Diseases Prevention, Control and Cure | United States | Best Researcher Award | pencis.com |
| Dr | Zachary | Silver | University of Miami Miller School of Medicine | Microbial Pathogenesis and Virulence | United States | Best Researcher Award | |