| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Xiaorong | Yang | South China University of Technology | China | Genomics and Pathogen Evolution | cancer | Research Excellence Award | globaldiseases.org |
| Prof | Qingju | Zhang | Jiangxi Normal University | China | Vaccine Research and Development | Carbohydrate-based vaccines | Best Researcher Award | globaldiseases.org |
| Dr | Qingfeng | Zhang | Ultrasound Medicine and Computational Cardiology Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital, | China | Diagnostic Tools and Technologies | Echocardiography | 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 | Kaiming | Zhang | Taiyuan City Hospital | China | Nutrition and Infectious Disease Interplay | psoriasis | Best Scientist in Chronic Infectious Diseases | globaldiseases.org |
| Prof. Dr | Xian | Zhang | Institute of Urban Environment, CAS | China | Environmental and Climate-Linked Diseases | Ecotoxicity of emerging pollutants | Research Excellence Award | globaldiseases.org |
| Prof | Jianhua | Zheng | National Institute of Pathogen Biology, and Center for Tuberculosis Research, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College | China | Infectious Disease Biology | Diagnostic of Tuberculosis | Research Excellence Award | globaldiseases.org |
| Dr | Shiping | Zhu | The First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University | China | Immunology of Infectious Diseases | Traditiona Chinese Medicine | Best Innovation Award | globaldiseases.org |
| Assist Prof. Dr | Zsuzsanna | Zsengeller | BIDMC | United States | Maternal and Child Health in Global Diseases | Preeclampsia | Research Excellence Award | globaldiseases.org |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Zbigniew | Zuber | Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski Krakow University | Poland | Immunology of Infectious Diseases | Rheumatology | Research Excellence Award | globaldiseases.org |