Joseph Trombello, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

Undergraduate

University of Notre Dame (2006), Psychology

Graduate School

University of Oxford (2007), Neuroscience

Graduate School

University of California UCLA (2008), Psychology

Graduate School

University of California UCLA (2013), Psychology

• Dr. Trombello's 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

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

A Novel Strategy to Identify Placebo Responders: Prediction Index of Clinical and Biological Markers in the EMBARC Trial.

Trivedi MH, South C, Jha MK, Rush AJ, Cao J, Kurian B, Phillips M, Pizzagalli DA, Trombello JM, Oquendo MA, Cooper C, Dillon DG, Webb C, Grannemann BD, Bruder G, McGrath PJ, Parsey R, Weissman M, Fava M Psychother Psychosom 2018 Aug 1-11

Personalized prediction of antidepressant v. placebo response: evidence from the EMBARC study.

Webb CA, Trivedi MH, Cohen ZD, Dillon DG, Fournier JC, Goer F, Fava M, McGrath PJ, Weissman M, Parsey R, Adams P, Trombello JM, Cooper C, Deldin P, Oquendo MA, McInnis MG, Huys Q, Bruder G, Kurian BT, Jha M, DeRubeis RJ, Pizzagalli DA Psychol Med 2018 Jul 1-10

Pretreatment and early-treatment cortical thickness is associated with SSRI treatment response in major depressive disorder.

Bartlett EA, DeLorenzo C, Sharma P, Yang J, Zhang M, Petkova E, Weissman M, McGrath PJ, Fava M, Ogden RT, Kurian BT, Malchow A, Cooper CM, Trombello JM, McInnis M, Adams P, Oquendo MA, Pizzagalli DA, Trivedi M, Parsey RV Neuropsychopharmacology 2018 Jun

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

Pretreatment Rostral Anterior Cingulate Cortex Theta Activity in Relation to Symptom Improvement in Depression: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

Pizzagalli DA, Webb CA, Dillon DG, Tenke CE, Kayser J, Goer F, Fava M, McGrath P, Weissman M, Parsey R, Adams P, Trombello J, Cooper C, Deldin P, Oquendo MA, McInnis MG, Carmody T, Bruder G, Trivedi MH JAMA Psychiatry 2018 Apr

A psychometric evaluation of the Concise Health Risk Tracking Self-Report (CHRT-SR)- a measure of suicidality-in patients with stimulant use disorder.

Sanchez K, Killian MO, Mayes TL, Greer TL, Trombello JM, Lindblad R, Grannemann BD, Carmody TJ, Rush AJ, Walker R, Trivedi MH J Psychiatr Res 2018 Mar 102 65-71

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

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

Psychometrics of the Self-Report Concise Associated Symptoms Tracking Scale (CAST-SR): Results From the STRIDE (CTN-0037) Study.

Trombello JM, Killian MO, Liao A, Sanchez K, Greer TL, Walker R, Grannemann B, Rethorst CD, Carmody T, Trivedi MH J Clin Psychiatry 2018 Jan 79 1

• 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)