| Prof Dr | Fatma | Yurt | Ege University Institute of Nuclear Sciences | Infectious Diseases Prevention, Control and Cure | Turkey | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Zeynep | YILDIRIM | Ataturk University | others | Turkey | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mr. | Chalachew | Yenew | Debre Tabor University | Infectious Diseases Prevention, Control and Cure | Ethiopia | Best Paper Award | pencis.com |
| Mr | Goraw | Yemer | Wageningen University and Research and Bahir Dar University | Infectious Diseases Prevention, Control and Cure | Ethiopia | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof Dr | Gul Fatma | Yarim | Ondokuz Mayis University | Neuro Infectious Diseases | Turkey | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof | Zhangping | Yang | yangzhou university | Antimicrobials, Antibiotics, Antibacterials | China | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Xueying | YANG | University of South Carolina | Epidemiology of Emerging and Re-Emerging Infectious Diseases | United States | Best Research Award | |
| Dr | Yawei Jenny | Yang | Weill Cornell Medical Center | Immunology of Infections | United States | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof. | Litao | Yang | Shanghai Jiao Tong University | Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases | China | Best Researcher Award | |
| Ms. | Hu | Xueliang | Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps Hospital | Treatment for Infectious Diseases | China | Best Researcher Award | pencis.com |
| Prof. Dr. | Huali | Xue | Gansu Agricultural University | Fungal Infections and Challenges in Treatment | China | Best Researcher Award | pencis.com |
| Ms. | Chen | Xue | the Affiliated Brain Hospital of Nanjing Medical University | Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases | China | Best Researcher Award | pencis.com |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr. | xiaotian | xu | Guilin Medical University | Global Health and Infectious Disease Burden | China | Best Researcher Award | pencis.com |
| Prof. Dr. | Yun | Xiang | Wuhan Children's Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science & Technology | Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Childhood Infectious Diseases | China | Best Researcher Award | pencis.com |
| Prof | Changxin | Wu | Shanxi University | Mechanism of Resistance | China | Excellence Award (Any Scientific field) | |
| Assist Prof Dr | Fuqing | Wu | University of Texas Health Science Center | Epidemiology of Emerging and Re-Emerging Infectious Diseases | United States | Best Research Award | |
| Prof. | HONGBO | WU | Qinzhou Maternity and Child Health Hospital | Global Health and Infectious Disease Burden | China | Best Researcher Award | pencis.com |
| Mrs. | Jing | Wu | Nanjing First Hospital | Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases | China | Best Researcher Award | pencis.com |
| Dr. | Iascara | Wozniak de Campos | Incor - HCFMUSP/ Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein | others | Brazil | Women Researcher Award | pencis.com |
| Dr | Woldegebriel Assefa | Woldegerima | University of Pretoria | Malaria | South Africa | Best Researcher Award | |