Dr. Tirizia York has been the Master of Healthcare Administration program director at Concordia University, Nebraska since 2017. Her favorite part of the job is working with students to help them find their area of expertise within the field of healthcare administration.
Dr. York earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Sociology from the University of Missouri-Columbia and a Master of Arts Degree in Sociology/Criminal Justice from Lincoln University, followed by a Master of Business Administration with Health Services Management Concentration from Keller Graduate School of Management and Ph.D. in Human Services with a Healthcare Administration Concentration from Capella University.
Dr. York is a member of the American College of Healthcare Executives, the Gerontological Society of America and the Academy for Gerontology in Higher Education. Her dissertation research focused on burden and anticipatory grief of caregivers of parents and spouses with Alzheimer’s Disease.
Dr. York completed her first mission trip to Trinidad and Tobago in 2019 and looks forward future mission trips.