| 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 |
| 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 | 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 | |
| Prof Dr | Gul Fatma | Yarim | Ondokuz Mayis University | Neuro Infectious Diseases | Turkey | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mr | Goraw | Yemer | Wageningen University and Research and Bahir Dar University | Infectious Diseases Prevention, Control and Cure | Ethiopia | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mr. | Chalachew | Yenew | Debre Tabor University | Infectious Diseases Prevention, Control and Cure | Ethiopia | Best Paper Award | pencis.com |
| Dr | Zeynep | YILDIRIM | Ataturk University | others | Turkey | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof Dr | Fatma | Yurt | Ege University Institute of Nuclear Sciences | Infectious Diseases Prevention, Control and Cure | Turkey | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mrs | noorul hidayah | yusoff | SEPANG NATIONAL YOUTH HIGH SKILL INSTITUTE | others | Malaysia | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mr. | Muhammad Shahbaz | Zafar | University of Sargodha | Animal Infectious Diseases, Zoonosis | Pakistan | Best Researcher Award | pencis.com |
| Dr | Abed | Zahedi bialvaei | Iran University of Medical Sience | Immunology of Infections | Iran | Best Research Award | |
| Dr | Cristina | Zalazar | INTEC (UNL-CONICET) | others | Argentina | Best Research Award | |
| Dr. | Shayan | Zamani | Center for Research and Training in Skin Diseases and Leprosy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences | Antiviral Therapies and Resistance Mechanisms | Iran | Best Researcher Award | pencis.com |
| Ms | Emily | Zamora | University of Louisiana School of Veterinary Medicine | Infectious Diseases Prevention, Control and Cure | United States | Best Researcher Award | |
| Ms | negin | zaraee | Boston University | Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases | United States | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Wenlong | Zhang | Jilin university | Animal Infectious Diseases, Zoonosis | China | Best Researcher Award | |