| Prof. Dr. | Elizabeth Aparecida | Ferraz da Silva Torres | Department of Nutrition, School of Public Health, University of Sao Paulo | others | Brazil | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof. Dr. | Lajos | SZENTE | CycloLab Ltd. | Infectious Diseases Prevention, Control and Cure | Hungary | Best Research Award | |
| Prof. Dr. | Marcela | Carneiro-Ramos | Federal University of ABC | others | Brazil | Outstanding Scientist Award | |
| Prof. Dr. | Akshay | Rao | University of Minnesota | Infectious Diseases Vaccines | United States | 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 | |
| Prof. Dr. | Jian | Li | Gannan Medical University | Infectious Diseases Prevention, Control and Cure | China | Excellence in Research | |
| Prof. Dr. | Amelia Pilar | Rauter | Faculdade de Ciencias, Universidade de Lisboa | Infectious Diseases Prevention, Control and Cure | Portugal | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof. Dr. | Damalie | Nakanjako | Makerere University | Immunology of Infections | Uganda | Women Researcher Award | pencis.com |
| Prof. Dr. | Huali | Xue | Gansu Agricultural University | Fungal Infections and Challenges in Treatment | China | Best Researcher Award | pencis.com |
| Prof. Dr. | Wei | Zhang | Shandong University | Antimicrobial, Antibiotic, Antibacterial Resistance | 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. Dr. | Litong | Wang | The Second Hospital of Dalian Medical University | Urinary Tract Infections | China | Best Researcher Award | pencis.com |
| Prof. Dr. | Qingshuang | Wang | Changchun University of Science and Technology | Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases | China | Best Researcher Award | pencis.com |
| Prof. Dr. | Jennifer | Le | University of California, San Diego Skaggs school of Pharmacy | Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Childhood Infectious Diseases | United States | Best Researcher Award | pencis.com |
| Prof. Dr. | Expedito | Luna | USP | Infectious Diseases Vaccines | Brazil | Best Researcher Award | pencis.com |
| Prof. | Jing | Tang | Affiliated hospital of Guangdong Medical University | Sepsis, Septicaemia | China | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof. | Encarnacion | Lorenzo | Universidad Autónoma de Madrid | Infectious Diseases Prevention, Control and Cure | Spain | Best Research Award | |
| Prof. | Sunghee | Joo | University of Seoul | others | South Korea | Best Faculty Award | |
| Prof. | Huanjun | Li | Shandong Marine Resource & Environment Institute | Global Trends in Emerging Infectious Diseases | China | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof. | Akira | Akabayashi | University of Tokyo | Vaccines and Vaccination | Japan | Best Researcher Award | |