Professional quality of life in animal research personnel is linked to retention & job satisfaction: A mixed-methods cross-sectional survey on compassion fatigue in the USA

• Lauren Young,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Integrative Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada, The 3Rs Collaborative, Denver, Colorado, United States of America

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• Fabienne Ferrara,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Consulting and Training in Animal Research, Berlin, Germany

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• Lisa Kelly,

  Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

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• Tara Martin,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Refinement and Enrichment Advancements Laboratory, Unit for Laboratory Animal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1609-078X

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• Sally Thompson-Iritani,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, Office of Research, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1409-3220

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• Megan R. LaFollette

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: meglafollette@na3rsc.org

  Affiliation The 3Rs Collaborative, Denver, Colorado, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0643-2210

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