Dr. Brittany McConchie

Bio

Dr. McConchie has been teaching at Southeastern since 2006. Dr. McConchie comes from a research background which included studying the process of inflammation. Her doctoral work involved a rat model of tendinitis which examined the healing potential of electromagnetic fields. Having worked as a postdoctoral fellow at the National Institutes of Health (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease), she has a strong background in animal model-based research. Dr. McConchie also worked at Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, FL where she studied natural killer cells.

Dr. McConchie currently teaches Microbiology, Essentials of Human Anatomy and Physiology, and Nutrition Science. As a result of serving as a teaching assistant in a medical school microbiology laboratory she gained great interest in this field. She finds her greatest joy in the classroom as students come to see the wonder of God’s creation. She is passionate about creating a safe space for students to ask questions as they arise during lecture.

Dr. McConchie leads a medical mission trip for the College of Natural and Health Sciences each summer. Pre-medical, dental, veterinary, biochemistry and nursing majors are invited to join these trips. She and her students have served in Honduras, Guatemala and the Dominican Republic since this assignment began.

Dr. McConchie also facilitated a partnership with Lakeland Regional Hospital where current SEU students can go to learn clinical research and gain shadowing experience.

In her free time Dr. McConchie spends time with her husband and two teenage daughters. She is passionate about fitness, nutrition and all things science.