| Dr | Mai | Do | Vietnam National Cancer Hospital | Others | Vietnam | Best Research Award | |
| Dr | Buu Truc | Pham Le | Biotechnology center of Ho Chi Minh City; Mekostem Stem Cell Bank | Stem Cell Therapy | Vietnam | Best Researcher Award | |
| Assist Prof Dr | Lin | Qi | Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago | Cancer Science | United States | Best Research Award | |
| Dr | David | Cella | Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine | Oncology Therapy | United States | Best Research Award | |
| Prof Dr | GHASSAN | ABOU-ALFA | MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER | Oncology Therapeutics and Novel Approaches | United States | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Maria | Arcila | Memorial Sloan Kettering cancer center | Cancer Biomarkers | United States | Best Research Award | |
| Dr | Viji | Shridhar | Mayo Clinic | Targeted Cancer Therapy | United States | Best Researcher Award | |
| Assist Prof Dr | Peiyin | Hung | University of South Carlina Arnold School of Public Health | Oncology Management and Prevention | United States | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Aziza | Nassar | Mayo Clinic | Cancer Genetics | United States | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | ARAM | GHALALI | HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL | Cancer Metastasis | United States | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Imad | Tarhoni | Rush University Medical Center | Cancer Biomarkers | United States | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Grace | Lee | Brigham and Women's Hospital | Radiation Oncology | United States | Best Research Award | |
| Ms | Rebecca | Louison | Mount Mercy University | Oncology Alternative Medicine | United States | Best Research Award | |
| Prof | Wei | Chen | The University of Texas at Arlington | Cancer Science | United States | Excellence in Research | |
| Ms | Silpa | Narayanan | St. John's University | Cancer Science | United States | Best Research Award | |
| Dr | Sergey | Khasabov | University of Minnesota, School of Dentistry | Cancer Science | United States | Best Researcher Award | |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Leo | Cheng | Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School | Cancer Metabolomics | United States | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Sally | Vernon | UTHealth School of Public Health | Others | United States | Best Research Award | |
| Dr | Dung | Nguyen | Stanford University | Oncology Management and Prevention | United States | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | David | Straus | Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center | Oncology Therapy | United States | Best Researcher Award | |