| Dr | Yanchun | Wu | The First Affiliated Hospital of Shantou University Medical College | China | Public Health Nursing and Community Health | Stroke Care; Palliative care | Research Excellence Award | globaldiseases.org |
| Prof | Yanhe | Han | Beijing institute of petrochemical technology | China | Environmental and Climate-Linked Diseases | Environmental Engineering | Best Researcher Award | globaldiseases.org |
| Prof | YI | ZHANG | Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University | China | Global Health Informatics | Children Oncology | Excellence in Research Award | globaldiseases.org |
| Prof. Dr | Yonghao | Gui | NHC Key Laboratory of Neonatal Diseases，Cardiovascular Center, Children’s Hospital of Fudan University | China | Maternal and Child Health in Global Diseases | Pediatrics | Best Researcher Award | globaldiseases.org |
| Prof | Yuan | Xuefeng | Shandong Agricultural University | China | Vaccine Research and Development | Plant viruses attenuated vaccines | Innovative Research Award | globaldiseases.org |
| Prof. Dr | Yun-Hsuan | Chang | National Cheng Kung University | Taiwan | Global Health Policy and Systems | clinical psychology | Excellence in Research Award | globaldiseases.org |
| Dr | Yvonne | Kapila | University of California Los Angeles | United States | Non-Communicable Diseases and Infections | Host-Microbe interactions | Innovative Research Award | globaldiseases.org |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Zbigniew | Zuber | Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski Krakow University | Poland | Immunology of Infectious Diseases | Rheumatology | Research Excellence Award | globaldiseases.org |
| Dr | Zhen | Zhong | Tianjin University of Technology and Education | China | Digital Health and Disease Monitoring | Animal Multi-feature Evaluation | Research Excellence Award | globaldiseases.org |
| Dr | Zhouya | Bai | Henan University of Science and Technology | China | Epidemiology and Public Health | Global Diseases Research Awards | Research Excellence Award | globaldiseases.org |
| Assist Prof. Dr | Zsuzsanna | Zsengeller | BIDMC | United States | Maternal and Child Health in Global Diseases | Preeclampsia | Research Excellence Award | globaldiseases.org |