Timothy R. Collins, D.D.S., M.P.H

Myron Allukian Jr. Lifetime Achievement Award for Outstanding Contributions in Community Dental Programs 2012 Recipient

As dental director for the Los Angeles County Public Health Department for 19 years, Dr. Collins supported a citywide oral health program for the underserved in Los Angeles, CA. The program provided services to over 100,000 patient visits a year. Dr. Collins served as chair of the California Fluoridation Task Force for 15 years and played a key role in implementing community water fluoridation in Los Angeles, reaching over 3.5 million people, and for the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, reaching over 18 million people in 90 water districts. Dr. Collins secured over $27 million in grants for community water fluoridation in California. As director of academic recruitment and retention at the UCLA School of Dentistry, he developed one of the most successful dental school diversity programs. The program’s admission protocol for affirmative action was used by Archibald Cox, who argued the case of the Regents of the University of California v. Baake before the Supreme Court.