Associate Professor Richard De Abreu Lourenco is a self-described ‘data nerd’ who uses his finance skills to work with doctors. 

One of his projects is to assess new treatments for treating prostate cancer and see whether the outcomes present value for money. 

How do we balance the need to provide the best possible care with the reality that we can’t afford to pay whatever it takes. 

‘If we’re not doing trials that include health economics, then we’re idiots.’