| Dr | ZIA UL HAQ | KHAN | COMSATS University Islamabad Vehari Campus | Antimicrobial, Antibiotic, Antibacterial Resistance | Pakistan | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof | Zhigang | Zhang | Northeast Agricultural University | others | China | Best Research Award | |
| Prof | Zhangping | Yang | yangzhou university | Antimicrobials, Antibiotics, Antibacterials | China | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof | Zakia | Hammouch | Moulay Ismail University | Epidemiology of Emerging and Re-Emerging Infectious Diseases | Morocco | Best Research Award | |
| Dr | zainab | almoosa | Almoosa specialist hospital | Treatment for Infectious Diseases | Saudi Arabia | Women Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Zahra | Mohammad | Texas A&M University | Treatment for 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. | Yvonne | Hernandez-Kapila | UCLA | Infectious Diseases Prevention, Control and Cure | United States | Best Researcher Award | pencis.com |
| Dr | Yuval | Rinkevich | helmholtz Center, Munich | others | Germany | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr. | Yusun | Zhou | The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University | Antimicrobial, Antibiotic, Antibacterial Resistance | China | Best Researcher Award | pencis.com |
| Mr. | Yusuf | Adedeji | Uniosun Teaching Hospital | Infectious Diseases Prevention, Control and Cure | Nigeria | Best Researcher Award | pencis.com |
| Prof Dr | Yuri | Voziyanov | Louisiana Tech University | others | United States | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof Dr | Yunfeng | Lin | Sichuan university | Antimicrobial, Antibiotic, Antibacterial Resistance | China | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Yulia | Desheva | Institute of Experimental Medicine (RAS) | Immunology of Infections | Russia | Best Researcher Award | |
| Assist Prof Dr | Yukihiro | Hamada | Tokyo women's medical university hospital | Antimicrobial, Antibiotic, Antibacterial Stewardship | Japan | Best Research Award | |
| Ms. | Yuchan | Chen | Sun Yat-sen University | Global Health and Infectious Disease Burden | China | Best Research Article Award | pencis.com |
| Prof | Yongguo | Cao | Jilin University | Animal Infectious Diseases, Zoonosis | China | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Yolande Therese Rose | Proroga | IZS MEZZOGIORNO | others | Italy | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof. | Ying | Li | School of Medical Technology | Infectious Diseases Prevention, Control and Cure | China | Research Excellence Award | pencis.com |
| Mr | Yi | Luo | Yunnan Normal University | others | China | Best Researcher Award | |