Joseph Trombello, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

Undergraduate School

University of Notre Dame (2006), Psychology

Graduate School

University of Oxford (2007), Neuroscience

Graduate School

University of California, Los Angeles (2009), Clinical Psychology

Other Post Graduate Training

University of California, Los Angeles (2013)

Postdoctoral Fellowship

UT Southwestern School of Allied Health Professions (2015), Psychiatry

• Dr. Trombello is a board-certified clinical psychologist. His research focuses on the interplay between mood disorders and intimate relationship functioning. His work also examines how relationship functioning affects the etiology and treatment of mood and substance use disorders. Finally, he is interested in measurement psychometrics and in analyzing outcomes of the Center for Depression Research and Clinical Care's Behavioral Activation teletherapy program.

Featured Publications

Two Trajectories of Depressive Symptom Reduction Throughout Behavioral Activation Teletherapy Among Underserved, Ethnically Diverse, Primary Care Patients: A VitalSign⁶ Report.

Trombello JM, South C, Sánchez A, Kahalnik F, Kennard BD, Trivedi MH, Behav Ther 2020 Nov 51 6 958-971

The Role of Dyadic Discord in Outcomes in Acute Phase Cognitive Therapy for Adults With Recurrent Major Depressive Disorder.

Trombello JM, Vittengl JR, Denton WH, Minhajuddin A, Thase ME, Jarrett RB, Behav Ther 2019 Jul 50 4 778-790

Characterizing anxiety subtypes and the relationship to behavioral phenotyping in major depression: Results from the EMBARC study.

Trombello JM, Pizzagalli DA, Weissman MM, Grannemann BD, Cooper CM, Greer TL, Malchow AL, Jha MK, Carmody TJ, Kurian BT, Webb CA, Dillon DG, McGrath PJ, Bruder G, Fava M, Parsey RV, McInnis MG, Adams P, Trivedi MH J Psychiatr Res 2018 Apr 102 207-215

Depressive Symptoms, Criticism, and Counter-Criticism in Marital Interactions.

Trombello JM, Post KM, Smith DA Fam Process 2018 Feb

Efficacy of a Behavioral Activation Teletherapy Intervention to Treat Depression and Anxiety in Primary Care VitalSign6 Program.

Trombello JM, South C, Cecil A, Sánchez KE, Sánchez AC, Eidelman SL, Mayes TL, Kahalnik F, Tovian C, Kennard BD, Trivedi MH Prim Care Companion CNS Disord 2017 Oct 19 5

Marital quality and health: a meta-analytic review.

Robles TF, Slatcher RB, Trombello JM, McGinn MM Psychol Bull 2014 Jan 140 1 140-87

The risk of depression among racially diverse people living with HIV: the impact of HIV viral suppression.

Jain MK, Li X, Adams-Huet B, Tiruneh YM, Luque AE, Duarte P, Trombello JM, Nijhawan AE, AIDS Care 2020 Sep 1-9

Anger attacks are associated with persistently elevated irritability in MDD: findings from the EMBARC study.

Jha MK, Fava M, Minhajuddin A, Chin Fatt C, Mischoulon D, Wakhlu N, Trombello JM, Cusin C, Trivedi MH, Psychol Med 2020 Mar 1-9

Positive and negative valence systems in major depression have distinct clinical features, response to antidepressants, and relationships with immunomarkers.

Medeiros GC, Rush AJ, Jha M, Carmody T, Furman JL, Czysz AH, Trombello JM, Cooper CM, Trivedi MH, Depress Anxiety 2020 Mar

An electroencephalographic signature predicts antidepressant response in major depression.

Wu W, Zhang Y, Jiang J, Lucas MV, Fonzo GA, Rolle CE, Cooper C, Chin-Fatt C, Krepel N, Cornelssen CA, Wright R, Toll RT, Trivedi HM, Monuszko K, Caudle TL, Sarhadi K, Jha MK, Trombello JM, Deckersbach T, Adams P, McGrath PJ, Weissman MM, Fava M, Pizzagalli DA, Arns M, Trivedi MH, Etkin A, Nat. Biotechnol. 2020 Feb

• Beck Institute Student Scholarship
  (2014)
• International Association for Relationship Research Student Travel Award
  (2014)
• National Register of Health Service Psychologists Credentialing Scholarship
  (2013)
• Chair's Prize
  University of California, Los Angeles (2008)
• Graduate Research Mentorship Award
  University of California, Los Angeles (2008-2009)
• Graduate Summer Research Mentorship Award
  University of California, Los Angeles (2008-2009)
• Honorable Mention, National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship
  (2008)
• University Graduate Fellowship
  University of California, Los Angeles (2007-2008)
• Clarendon Scholarship
  Full tuition and fees for graduate study at the University of Oxford (2006-2007)
• John F. Santos Award for Distinction in Psychology
  University of Notre Dame (2006)
• Phi Beta Kappa
  (2006)

• Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (2016)
• Dallas Psychological Association (2015-2016)
• Texas Psychological Association (2013-2015)