Thomas Trail, Ph.D.

Senior Behavioral Scientist, RAND Corporation

Thomas Trail is a Senior Behavioral Scientist at RAND where his research focuses on how stress affects relationship processes and health outcomes among military and civilian couples, and the effectiveness of programs in mitigating family stress. His recent research projects include establishing the Today’s Army Spouse Panel, a longitudinal study of the needs of Army spouses and their families; an assessment of the needs of military-connected children and the resources available to address those needs; and a broad examination of the adults and children providing care for wounded, ill, and injured service members and veterans. He also led an evaluation of the Department of Defense programs that provide non-medical counseling services to military service members and their families. Prior to joining RAND, Thomas was a postdoctoral scholar at UCLA. He received his PhD in social psychology from Princeton University and his MS in applied/experimental psychology from Virginia Tech.