Our Mission
Provide the best care possible today while creating a future of better treatment and prevention through discovery and innovation.
Our Vision
Create a future without brain disease.
Latest News
Field Reports from OBI
The inaugural Field Reports highlight stories that are changing how the world understands and treats the brain.
Graduate Student Award Symposium
The O'Donnell Brain Institute will hold its inaugural Graduate Student Award Symposium on October 17-18, 2024. Selected applicants will deliver invited talks on their research, network with researchers and postdocs, and learn about being a part of the neuroscience community at UT Southwestern.
Join Us for OBI Grand Rounds
Timothy Miller, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Neurology and Co-Director, ALS Center, Washington University in St. Louis, will be our Grand Rounds speaker on May 8, 2024, at noon in the Thompson Conference Center (NM3.936). His talk is titled "RNA-Targeted Therapies for Neurodegenerative Disease."
Director’s Message
Solving brain disease is going to take everyone working together – the person studying molecules in the lab, the clinician understanding a patient’s symptoms, the staff caring for the patient, and everyone in between. We’re committed to that collaborative journey and confident of the outcome.”
Removing Barriers Between
Discovery and Care
At the O’Donnell Brain Institute, researchers and clinicians work closely together, by design. Combining basic and translational research with advanced clinical care produces scientific breakthroughs that can move from the labs to patients in the clinic faster than ever.
Expertise and Innovation
The O’Donnell Brain Institute has assembled brain scientists, neurosurgeons, neurologists, psychiatrists, radiologists, and specialists in rehabilitative medicine.
Their common goal: Discover and implement new and better ways to treat major forms of brain and spine diseases, and perhaps even prevent them in the future.