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. A nationally recognized scholar in housing and health services research, her work has been funded by Federal, State, local, and private funders, including the National Institute of Mental Health, the State of New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services.

Dr. Tiderington’s work bridges research, policy, and practice to explore transitions from permanent supportive housing, implementation of Housing First and Moving On service models, and cross-sector collaborations between healthcare and homeless services. Her research has been published widely in top-tier journals and has informed federal, state, and municipal policy conversations. She is a frequent speaker at national conferences and serves in a leadership role with the Grand Challenges for Social Work initiative and in an advisory capacity to the National Alliance to End Homelessness.

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. She has received numerous awards for her scholarship and public service which include the New York University Robert Moore Award for Excellence in Scholarship and the Woman of Action Award from the City of Jersey City.