O'Donnell School of Public Health Catalog 2025-2026
The Peter O’Donnell Jr. School of Public Health is the fourth and newest school within The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, Texas. The inaugural M.D./M.P.H. and M.P.H. program classes launched in 2023 while the inaugural Ph.D. class launched in 2024. The Master of Science in Clinical Investigation program joined the O'Donnell School of Public Health in 2024. The Master of Science in Health Informatics program joined the O'Donnell School of Public Health in 2025. UT Southwestern is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges.
UT Southwestern is a public academic health science center with approximately 25,000 employees, more than 3,000 full-time faculty, and nearly 4,000 medical, public health, graduate, and health professions students, residents, and postdoctoral fellows. With over 5,900 active research projects, UT Southwestern generates more than $767 million per year in outside research funding.
The O'Donnell School of Public Health has access to several very large health care systems across North Texas, including William P. Clements Jr. University Hospital, Children’s Medical Center Dallas, Texas Health Resources, Parkland Health, Scottish Rite for Children, and the Veterans Affairs North Texas Health Care System.
The O'Donnell School of Public Health is in the Florence (E) and the Green Research (Y) buildings, on the South Campus off of McDermott Plaza.
This catalog is a general information publication only. It is not intended to nor does it contain all regulations that relate to students.