| Prof | John | Sprockel | Fundación Universitaria de Ciencias de la Salud - Hospital el Tunal | Epidemiology of Emerging and Re-Emerging Infectious Diseases | Colombia | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Elif | Ede-Cintesun | Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim University | others | Turkey | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof. Dr. | Jianan | Ren | Research Institute of General Surgery, Affiliated Jinling Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University, Nanjing, China | Sepsis, Septicaemia | China | Best Researcher Award | |
| Assist. Prof. Dr. | Niyaz | Ahmad | Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University | Neuro Infectious Diseases | Saudi Arabia | Best Researcher Award | |
| Ms | Brenda | Tang | Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore | Treatment for Infectious Diseases | Singapore | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Shatrupa | Ray | Agricultural Research Organization, Volcani Centre, Israel | Microbial Pathogenesis and Virulence | Israel | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Hamadou | OUMAROU HAMA | IHU Méditerranée Infection | Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases | France | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Yifan | Wang | State Key Laboratory for Oncogenes and Related Genes, Division of Cardiology, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai Cancer Institute, Shanghai, China. | others | China | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof Dr | Fotini | Skopouli | Harokopio University/Euroclinic of Athens | others | Greece | Best Researcher Award | |
| Assist Prof Dr | Noureddine | Chaachouay | Hassan Premier University | Animal Infectious Diseases, Zoonosis | Morocco | Best Researcher Award | |
| Assist Prof Dr | YASSINE | CHAKIR | Moroccan School of Engineering Sciences | Infectious Diseases Vaccines | Morocco | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Subhasish | Sarkar | College of Medicine and Sagore Dutta Hospital | Infectious Diseases Prevention, Control and Cure | India | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr. | Robert | Hahn | Department of Anthropology, Emory University | others | United States | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr. | Mei Hung Joanna | Leung | Centre for Health Protection | Infectious Diseases Vaccines | Hong Kong | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Lin | Jiang | University of California, Los Angeles | Neuro Infectious Diseases | United States | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof. | Litao | Yang | Shanghai Jiao Tong University | Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases | China | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Julia | Marakshina | Psychological Institute of Russian Academy of Education | others | Russia | Best Researcher Award | |
| Ms | Maria Anna | Nakasi | National and Kapodistrian Univercity of Athens | others | Greece | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Özge | Soylu-Eter | Istanbul University Faculty of Pharmacy | Treatment for Infectious Diseases | Turkey | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Raul | Montalvo Otivo | Hospital Daniel Alcides Carrion, Huancayo | Causes and Symptoms of Infectious Diseases | Peru | Best Researcher Award | |