The HITCH Cohort is being conducted by a team of researchers at McGill University, lead by Drs. Eduardo Franco and Ann Burchell of the Division of Cancer Epidemiology, in collaboration with the McGill Student Health Services Clinic, the Concordia Health Services Clinic and the Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal.
The study has received ethical approval by the institutional review boards (ethical committees) at McGill University, Concordia University, and Université de Montréal.