| Dr | Nuria | Vázquez | Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Tecnicas | Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases | Argentina | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Ruxana | Sadikot | Ruxana T Sadikot, MD, MRCP(UK), Professor of Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center | Infectious Diseases Prevention, Control and Cure | United States | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Ornnicha | Sathitakorn | Thammasat university hospital | Antimicrobial, Antibiotic, Antibacterial Resistance | Thailand | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Promise E. | Sefogah | University of Ghana Medical School | Surgical Site Infections | Ghana | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Jing | Tang | Affiliated hospital of Guangdong Medical University | Sepsis, Septicaemia | China | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Ivan Steve | Nguepi Tsopmejio | Jilin Agricultural University | Infectious Diseases Prevention, Control and Cure | China | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Fabrício | de Melo | IMS-UFBA | others | Brazil | Best Researcher Award |
| Mrs | Adeola | Aasa | university of johannesburg | Plant Disease Modelling and Parameter Estimation | South Africa | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Edilson | Alencar-Filho | Universidade Federal do Vale do São Francisco | Infectious Diseases Prevention, Control and Cure | Brazil | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Barbara | Rath | Vienna Vaccine Safety Initiative | Infectious Diseases Vaccines | Germany | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Tarig | Alnour | University of Tabuk | Epidemiology of Emerging and Re-Emerging Infectious Diseases | Saudi Arabia | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Mahmudul | Hasan | Sylhet Agricultural University | Immunology of Infections | Bangladesh | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Konstantinos | Economopoulos | Duke University Medical Center | Infectious Diseases Prevention, Control and Cure | United States | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Deepani Upeka | Rajawardana | Industrial Technology Institute | Animal Infectious Diseases, Zoonosis | Sri Lanka | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Cesar | Sierra | UNiversidad Nacional de Colombia | Infectious Diseases Prevention, Control and Cure | Colombia | Best Researcher Award |
| Ms | Garima | Sharma | Toronto Metropolitan University | Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases | Canada | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Xiaoliang | Li | Hainan Medical College | Hepatitis | China | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Bingxu | Li | Nanyang Technological University | Infectious Diseases Prevention, Control and Cure | Singapore | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Mehdi | Ajri-khameslou | Ardabil University of Medical Sciences | Infectious Diseases Prevention, Control and Cure | Iran | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Sayibu | Muhideen | University of Science and Technology of China | Infectious Diseases Prevention, Control and Cure | China | Best Researcher Award |