| Dr | BENEDICT | BARNES | KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY | Infectious Diseases Prevention, Control and Cure | Ghana | Best Researcher Award | |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Aziz-ur-Rahman | NIAZI | Herat University | Epidemiology of Emerging and Re-Emerging Infectious Diseases | Afghanistan | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Pablo | Ferrer | Hospital Clinico Universidad de Chile | Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases | Chile | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mr | David Alberto | Benítez González | CIMAT | Epidemiology of Emerging and Re-Emerging Infectious Diseases | Mexico | Best Researcher Award | |
| Assoc Prof Dr | mark | osborn | university of minnesota | Infectious Diseases Prevention, Control and Cure | United States | Best Researcher Award | |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Denekew Bitew | Belay | Bahir Dar University | Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Sexually Transmitted Infections | Ethiopia | Best Researcher Award | |
| 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 | |