| Dr | Ali | Can | University of Portsmouth | Infectious Diseases Vaccines | United Kingdom | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof Dr | Joseph | Tan | McMaster University | Global Trends in Emerging Infectious Diseases | United States | Best Research Award | |
| Dr | Michael | Sha | DiaCarta Inc | Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases | United States | Best Research Award | |
| Dr | Sangeeta | Tiwari | University of Texas at El Paso | Infectious Diseases Vaccines | United States | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | ARASH | AHMADIVAND | Rice University | Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases | United States | Best Researcher Award | |
| Ms | negin | zaraee | Boston University | Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases | United States | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Zachary | Silver | University of Miami Miller School of Medicine | Microbial Pathogenesis and Virulence | United States | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Zahra | Mohammad | Texas A&M University | Treatment for Infectious Diseases | United States | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | PRAKASHA | KEMPAIAH | Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida | Infectious Diseases Prevention, Control and Cure | United States | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof | Virender | Sharma | Texas A&M Univrsity | Antimicrobial, Antibiotic, Antibacterial Resistance | United States | Best Research Award | |
| Dr | Sherry | Layton | BV Science | Animal Infectious Diseases, Zoonosis | United States | Best Research Award | |
| Dr | Haider H. | Dar | University of Pittsburgh | Microbial Pathogenesis and Virulence | United States | Best Research Award | |
| Dr | Kaiming | Bi | UT Austin | Ebola and Zika Viral Infections | United States | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof Dr | Tong | Wang | Univ of Tehnnessee | others | United States | Best Researcher Award | |
| Ms | Emily | Zamora | University of Louisiana School of Veterinary Medicine | Infectious Diseases Prevention, Control and Cure | United States | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Renuka Ananth Kalyan | Kadali | Harnett Health System and Campbell University | Vaccines and Vaccination | United States | Best Researcher Award | |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Maha | Al Mozaini | KFSHRC | Infectious Diseases Prevention, Control and Cure | United States | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Mohammed | Azab | Boise State University | Neuro Infectious Diseases | United States | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof | Jiuzhou | Song | University of Maryland | Immunology of Infections | United States | Excellence in Research | |
| Dr | Mirla | Avila | Texas Tech | Immunology of Infections | United States | Best Researcher Award | |