Joseph Trombello, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

Graduate School

University of Oxford (2007), Neuroscience

Internship

University of Texas at Dallas (2013), Student Counseling Center

Graduate School

University of California, Los Angeles (2013), Clinical Psychology

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

Marital quality and health: a meta-analytic review.

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

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

Cortical Connectivity Moderators of Antidepressant vs Placebo Treatment Response in Major Depressive Disorder: Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Clinical Trial.

Rolle CE, Fonzo GA, Wu W, Toll R, Jha MK, Cooper C, Chin-Fatt C, Pizzagalli DA, Trombello JM, Deckersbach T, Fava M, Weissman MM, Trivedi MH, Etkin A, JAMA Psychiatry 2020 Jan

Comprehensive phenotyping of depression disease trajectory and risk: Rationale and design of Texas Resilience Against Depression study (T-RAD).

Trivedi MH, Chin Fatt CR, Jha MK, Cooper CM, Trombello JM, Mason BL, Hughes J, Gadad BS, Czysz AH, Toll RT, Fuller AK, Sethuram S, Mayes TL, Minhajuddin A, Carmody T, Greer TL, J Psychiatr Res 2019 Dec 122 22-32

Brain regulation of emotional conflict predicts antidepressant treatment response for depression.

Fonzo GA, Etkin A, Zhang Y, Wu W, Cooper C, Chin-Fatt C, Jha MK, Trombello J, Deckersbach T, Adams P, McInnis M, McGrath PJ, Weissman MM, Fava M, Trivedi MH, Nat Hum Behav 2019 Sep

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

A Structured Approach to Detecting and Treating Depression in Primary Care: VitalSign6 Project.

Jha MK, Grannemann BD, Trombello JM, Clark EW, Eidelman SL, Lawson T, Greer TL, Rush AJ, Trivedi MH, Ann Fam Med 2019 Jul 17 4 326-335

VitalSign⁶: A Primary Care First (PCP-First) Model for Universal Screening and Measurement-Based Care for Depression.

Trivedi MH, Jha MK, Kahalnik F, Pipes R, Levinson S, Lawson T, Rush AJ, Trombello JM, Grannemann B, Tovian C, Kinney R, Clark EW, Greer TL, Pharmaceuticals (Basel) 2019 May 12 2

The Concise Health Risk Tracking-Self Report: Psychometrics within a placebo-controlled antidepressant trial among depressed outpatients.

Trombello JM, Killian MO, Grannemann BD, Rush AJ, Mayes TL, Parsey RV, McInnis M, Jha MK, Ali A, McGrath PJ, Adams P, Oquendo MA, Weissman MM, Carmody TJ, Trivedi MH J. Psychopharmacol. (Oxford) 2019 Jan 269881118817156

Pretreatment Rostral Anterior Cingulate Cortex Connectivity With Salience Network Predicts Depression Recovery: Findings From the EMBARC Randomized Clinical Trial.

Whitton AE, Webb CA, Dillon DG, Kayser J, Rutherford A, Goer F, Fava M, McGrath P, Weissman M, Parsey R, Adams P, Trombello JM, Cooper C, Deldin P, Oquendo MA, McInnis MG, Carmody T, Bruder G, Trivedi MH, Pizzagalli DA, Biol. Psychiatry 2018 Dec

• 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)