The 2024 Cato T. Laurencin Lifetime Research Award was given to Dr. Selwyn M. Vickers during the opening ceremony of the National Medical Association’s Annual Convention and Scientific Assembly. The award, named after Professor Cato T. Laurencin of the University of Connecticut, was given by Laurencin himself and is considered one of the highest honors of the W. Montague Cobb/National Medical Association Health Institute and the National Medical Association.