| Mr | SAMUEL KOFI | MENSAH | GHANA INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION | others | Ghana | Best Research Award | |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Mostafa | Hasan | Macquarie University | others | Australia | Best Research Award | |
| Mrs | Temesgen | Getaneh | Debre Markos University | Tuberculosis | Ethiopia | Best Research Award | |
| Prof | Elvis | Tarkang | University of Health and Allied Sciences | Infectious Diseases Prevention, Control and Cure | Ghana | Best Research Award | |
| Prof | Maria | De Jesus | School of International Service, American University | Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Sexually Transmitted Infections | United States | Best Research Award | |
| Mr | Abayeneh | Girma | Mekdela Amba University | Infectious Diseases Prevention, Control and Cure | Ethiopia | Best Research Award | |
| Prof | Ketema | Bacha | Jimma University | Antimicrobial, Antibiotic, Antibacterial Resistance | Ethiopia | Best Research Award | |
| Dr | Saraj | Bahadur | Hainan University, Haikou China | Microbial Pathogenesis and Virulence | China | Best Research Award | |
| 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. | Encarnacion | Lorenzo | Universidad Autónoma de Madrid | Infectious Diseases Prevention, Control and Cure | Spain | Best Research Award | |
| Prof | Michael | Donadelli | University of Brescia | Infectious Diseases Prevention, Control and Cure | Italy | Best Research Award | |
| Dr | Howeida | H.Abusalih | Princess Nourah Bint Abdul Rahman University | Infectious Diseases Prevention, Control and Cure | Saudi Arabia | Best Research Award | |
| Dr. | Maximo A. | Benavides | Bio Medical Science World Corp. | Vaccines and Vaccination | United States | Best Research Award | |
| Mr | Abdul Qawi | Noori | Takhar University | Global Trends in Emerging Infectious Diseases | Afghanistan | Best Research Award | |
| Prof | Deming | Sun | University of California, Los Angeles | Immunology of Infections | United States | Best Research Award | |
| Dr | Agustín | Ciapponi | Instituto de Efectividad Clínica y Sanitaria (IECS-CONICET) | Epidemiology of Emerging and Re-Emerging Infectious Diseases | Argentina | Best Research Award | |
| Mr | Muhammad | Asif | Shanghai University | others | Pakistan | Best Research Award | |
| Dr | Suhair | Qudsieh | Yarmouk University | others | Jordan | Best Research Award | |
| Dr | Stephen | Hsu | Augusta University | Infectious Diseases Prevention, Control and Cure | United States | Best Research Award | |
| Dr. | Jesús Joaquín | Hijona Elósegui | Hospital Universitario de Jaén | Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Childhood Infectious Diseases | Spain | Best Research Award | |