James E. Collins (born 1953, in Saint Paul, Minnesota) is an American veterinary physician and academic.

[3] In 1986, Collins completed his Ph.D. and followed up as an associate professor in the Department of Veterinary Diagnostic Medicine, University of Minnesota with Berglund.

This discovery led him to experimentally reproduce the disease in collaboration with fellow researchers and then create related vaccines and diagnostic tests known as “Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome” or PRRS.

He has been an important part of Zepto Life Technology as he has assisted the company's staff with diagnostic methodology selection and development.

[2] In September 2015, Collins resigned from his position of director of the University of Minnesota's Veterinary Diagnostic Lab.