Jerry Torrison, DVM, PhD, DACVPM
Director, Veterinary Diagnostic Lab
Titles
Professor, Department of Veterinary Population Medicine
Education
DVM, University of Minnesota
PhD, Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota
MS, Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota
Licensures and Certifications
Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Preventative Medicine
Grants and patents
Selected grants
- Award: Enhancing surge capacity with a streamlined online sampl
Principal Investigator: Torrison, Jerry Lee
Sponsoring Organization: USDA APHIS Animal & Plant Hlth Inspc Svc
Award Dates: 2022 - 2023 - Award: Improving national capacity for early detection of forei\
Principal Investigator: Perez, Andres M\
Sponsoring Organization: USDA APHIS Animal & Plant Hlth Inspc Svc
Award Dates: 2022 - 2024 - Award: VDL lessons learned from COVID
Principal Investigator: Torrison, Jerry Lee
Sponsoring Organization: Swine Health Information Center, Inc.
Award Dates: 2021 - 2023 - Award: FY 21 NAHLN Infrastructure II Level 1 Branch Lab Coopera\
Principal Investigator: Torrison, Jerry Lee
Sponsoring Organization: USDA APHIS Animal & Plant Hlth Inspc Svc
Award Dates: 2021 - 2022 - Award: NAHLN infrastructure II agreement University of MN-VDL
Principal Investigator: Rovira, Alberto
Sponsoring Organization: USDA APHIS Animal & Plant Hlth Inspc Svc
Award Dates: 2021 - 2022 - Award: Collaborative food animal diagnostician and anatomic pat
Principal Investigator: Torrison, Jerry Lee
Sponsoring Organization: USDA Nat'l Inst. of Food & Agriculture
Award Dates: 2020 - 2023 - Award: Equipment automation in VDL Molecular Diagnostics Labora
Principal Investigator: Torrison, Jerry Lee
Sponsoring Organization: MN Department of Agriculture
Award Dates: 2020 - 2022 - Award: MN NAHLN FY20 Level 1 Member Lab Agreement
Principal Investigator: Torrison, Jerry Lee
Sponsoring Organization: USDA APHIS Animal & Plant Hlth Inspc Svc
Award Dates: 2020 - 2021 - Award: Cooperative Threat Reduction Biosciences Fellowship Prog
Principal Investigator: Torrison, Jerry Lee
Sponsoring Organization: CRDF Global
Award Dates: 2020 - 2020 - Award: Supporting the control of African Swine Fever in Vietnam
Principal Investigator: Perez, Andres M
Sponsoring Organization: Swine Health Information Center, Inc.
Award Dates: 2019 - 2022 - Award: Vet-LIRN Portal
Principal Investigator: Kircher, Amy
Sponsoring Organization: DHHS Food & Drug Administration (FDA)
Award Dates: 2019 - 2021 - Award: African swine fever Molecular Epidemiology current under
Sponsoring Organization: Swine Health Information Center, Inc.
Award Dates: 2019 - 2021 - Award: MN NAHLN FY19 Level 1 Member Lab Agreement
Principal Investigator: Torrison, Jerry Lee
Sponsoring Organization: USDA APHIS Animal & Plant Hlth Inspc Svc
Award Dates: 2019 - 2020 - Award: Method Development and Validation of Oxford Nanopore Min
Principal Investigator: Torrison, Jerry Lee
Sponsoring Organization: DHHS Food & Drug Administration (FDA)
Award Dates: 2018 - 2019 - Award: MN NAHLN FY18 Level 1 Member Lab Agreement
Principal Investigator: Torrison, Jerry Lee
Sponsoring Organization: USDA APHIS Animal & Plant Hlth Inspc Svc
Award Dates: 2018 - 2019 - Award: Development and implementation of a domestic swine bio-s
Principal Investigator: Torrison, Jerry Lee
Sponsoring Organization: Swine Health Information Center, Inc.
Award Dates: 2017 - 2020 - Award: CVM Vet-LIRN Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory Program
Principal Investigator: Torrison, Jerry Lee
Sponsoring Organization: DHHS Food & Drug Administration (FDA)Award Dates: 2017 - 2022 - Award: A near-real time global surveillance system for swine di
Principal Investigator: Perez, Andres M
Sponsoring Organization: Swine Health Information Center, Inc.
Award Dates: 2017 - 2019 - Award: Veterinary Diagnostic Portal and Data Warehouse for Data
Principal Investigator: Torrison, Jerry Lee
Sponsoring Organization: Iowa State University
Award Dates: 2017 - 2018 - Award: MN NAHLN FY17 Level 1 Member Lab Agreement
Principal Investigator: Torrison, Jerry Lee
Sponsoring Organization: USDA APHIS Animal & Plant Hlth Inspc Svc
Award Dates: 2017 - 2018 - Award: Pathogen Investigation, Surveillance and Acquisition Col
Principal Investigator: Torrison, Jerry Lee
Sponsoring Organization: Zoetis, Inc
Award Dates: 2017 - 2022 - Award: MN VDL increasing capacity and improving infrastructure\
Principal Investigator: Torrison, Jerry Lee
Sponsoring Organization: United States Department of Agriculture
Award Dates: 2016 - 2017 - Award: Pathogen Investigation, Surveillance and Acquisition Col
Principal Investigator: Torrison, Jerry Lee
Sponsoring Organization: Zoetis, Inc.
Award Dates: 2014 - 2017 - Award: Classical Swine fever surveillance, pseudorabies surveil
Principal Investigator: Torrison, Jerry Lee
Sponsoring Organization: USDA APHIS VS Natl Veterinary Svc Lab
Award Dates: 2011 - 2013 - Award: Classical Swine Fever Surveillance, Pseudorabies Survei
Principal Investigator: Torrison, Jerry Lee
Sponsoring Organization: USDA APHIS VS Natl Veterinary Svc Lab
Award Dates: 2010 - 2011 - Award: Classical Swine Fever and Pseudorabies Surveillance, and
Principal Investigator: Torrison, Jerry Lee
Sponsoring Organization: USDA APHIS VS Natl Veterinary Svc Lab
Award Dates: 2009 - 2011 - Award: NAHLN:MN
Principal Investigator: Collins, James E
Sponsoring Organization: USDA Nat'l Inst. of Food & Agriculture
Award Dates: 2009 - 2012 - Award: Effects of biofilters on the quantity of PRRS virus exha
Principal Investigator: Torrison, Jerry Lee
Sponsoring Organization: Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc.
Award Dates: 2009 - 2010 - Award: Evaluation of actinobacillus pleuropheumoniae diagnostic
Sponsoring Organization: National Pork Board
Award Dates: 2008 - 2009 - Award: 06699056Classical Swine Fever Surveillance
Principal Investigator: Torrison, Jerry Lee
Sponsoring Organization: USDA APHIS VS Natl Veterinary Svc Lab
Award Dates: 2008 - 2009 - Award: Linkage of University of Minnesota Vet Diag Lab with NAH
Principal Investigator: Torrison, Jerry Lee
Sponsoring Organization: USDA Nat'l Inst. of Food & Agriculture
Award Dates: 2005 - 2009