Dr. Craig Carter received the E.P. Pope Award and the AAVLD Life Member Award from the American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians. | Photo: Craig Carter

Craig Carter, DVM, PhD, Dipl. ACVPM, director of the University of Kentucky Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory (UKVDL), recently received two prestigious awards from the American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians (AAVLD) at its annual meeting, held Oct. 18-22 in Kansas City, Missouri.

The E.P. Pope Award, named for one of the association’s founders, is the highest award the AAVLD bestows. Carter received it for his noteworthy and significant contributions to the association related to implementing and advancing veterinary diagnostic lab medicine.

Additionally, Carter, also professor of epidemiology for the UK College of Agriculture, Food and Environment and the UK College of Public Health, received the AAVLD Life Member Award to recognize his nearly 39 years of contributions to veterinary diagnostic laboratory medicine