Sara Jo Nixon, Ph.D., a professor of psychiatry, elected president of the Research Society on Alcoholism.

Sara Jo Nixon, Ph.D., a professor of psychiatry, has been elected president of the Research Society on Alcoholism. Nixon is director of the Biobehavioral Core at UF's Clinical and Translational Science Institute, as well as chief of addiction research in the department of psychiatry. She is known for her work researching substance abuse and its effects. She will serve as president of the Research Society on Alcoholism for a one-year term. The society is an international organization based in Austin, Texas, that has more than 1,600 members.