| Dr. | Mark | Myers | University of Tennessee Health Science Center | United States | Excellence in Research |
| Dr. | Arpana | Gupta | UCLA | United States | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr. | Elena | Zaretsky | Clark University | United States | Best Researcher Award |
| Assist. Prof. Dr. | Ching-Yi | Lin | Cleveland Clinic | United States | Excellence in Research |
| Dr. | Tanmoy | Bhattacharya | Santa Fe Institute | United States | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr. | Nadia | Zikiou | Yale Univiversity | United States | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof. | Linda | Chao | UCSF/San Francisco VA Health Care System | United States | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr. | Brandon | Lucke-Wold | University of Florida | United States | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr. | Ayisha | Bashir | Childrens Nebraska and University of Nebraska Medical center | United States | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof. | Clement | Furlong | University of Washington | United States | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr. | Ricardo | Izurieta | California State University Dominguez Hills | United States | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr. | Patricia | Martínez-Álvarez | Teachers College, Columbia University | United States | Best Researcher Award |
| Ms. | Sabrina | Islam | George Mason University | United States | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof. | Elton | Hollon | Ventura College | United States | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr. | soroush | farsi | Paul foster school of medicine | United States | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr. | Yuqi | Cui | St. Bernards Medical Center | United States | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof. | Weiping | Qin | The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai/James J. Peters VAMC | United States | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof. | sos | Agaian | College of Staten Island and the Graduate Center, CUNY | United States | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr. | Weiyun | Chen | School of Kinesiology at University of Michigan | United States | Best Researcher Award |