Emmy Tiderington, PhD, LMSW, is an Associate Professor in the School of Social Work and Associate Faculty at the Institute for Health, Health Care Policy, and Aging Research at Rutgers University. She leads the Rutgers Housing & Health Equity Cluster and is Associate Faculty at the Ralph W. Voorhees Center for Civic Engagement in the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning & Public Policy at Rutgers. Before entering academia, Dr. Tiderington worked as a clinical social worker in housing and case management programs serving individuals with complex health needs.
She earned her Ph.D. in Clinical Social Work from New York University and holds both a Master of Social Work and a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Michigan. Dr. Tiderington’s research examines the effectiveness and implementation of homeless services, as well as cross-sector collaborations between healthcare and homeless service systems.