Bailey Walton is a Senior Institutional Review Board (IRB) Analyst in the Office of Research Integrity. She started in the IRB office at the University of Missouri-Kansas City as a work study student while she was working on her bachelor’s degree in Psychology.  Bailey stayed in the IRB office for 13 years working her way up to the position of Compliance Manager while attaining her master’s degree in Public Administration.  She most recently worked for IRBs at Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri.

What brought you to UNLV?

I really enjoy working with students and I like the culture of learning within a university setting.  I especially appreciate the commitment to diversity at UNLV.

What do you look forward to working for UNLV?

Since research topics are often guided by the lived experience of researchers, minority populations tend to be systematically excluded from conducting and participating in research. I’m excited to see how UNLV being a minority serving institution (MSI), will impact the type of research I’ll get to review as well as the researchers I will get to interact with.
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Erik Williams is the Senior Human Research Administrator in the Office of Research Integrity. He comes to UNLV from Virginia Commonwealth University where he worked in the Human Research Protection Program (HRPP) for three years. Before VCU, Erik worked at Arizona State University in the HRPP for five years, and prior to ASU, he served as a board member for the University of Wisconsin Eau Claire.

Erik has 11 years of experience working in academic HRPPs and five years serving as a board member on Institutional Review Boards.

What brought you to UNLV?

I really love the vision and mission statement of the institution and I was drawn by the passion of the team to innovate and build out the university.

What is the most Vegas thing you do?

I haven’t lived in Vegas, but I did live in Phoenix for several years. The most Phoenix/Vegas thing I did was keep a case of water and oven mitts in my car at all times!