Dr Fonseca has a PhD in Social Policy, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom (2011). She also holds a PhD in Public Health (2008) and a Master's in Public Policy and Health (2005), both from the National School of Public Health, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation. She teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in public administration, where she is the leader of the Public Sector Policy and Economics area of study. Her research agenda is interdisciplinary, spanning political science, economics, and public health – with special focus on the political economy of pharmaceutical regulation in comparative perspective; integration of science, technology, innovation, and health policies; and health policies, particularly infectious diseases. She was a visiting researcher at the University of Michigan, University of Illinois, London School of Economics and University of California Berkeley. She advises students with interests in political institutions, comparative public policy, political economy, qualitative research methods. Students with sectoral interests other than health are also welcome.

Articles: 

GREER, SCOTT L.; Fonseca, Elize Massard; RAJ, MINAKSHI;WILLISON, CHARLEY E. Institutions and the Politics of Agency in COVID-19 Response: federalism, executive power, and public health policy in Brazil, India, and the U.S. Journal of Social Policy, v. 53 , p. 792 -810, 2024.

de Moraes Achcar, H., & da Fonseca, E. M. The Politics and Governance of Drug Production in Public-private Partnerships: Brazil’s response to hepatitis C. Global Public Health, v. 19, n. 1, 2350654, p. 1-14, 2024.

JARMAN, H.; FONSECA, ELIZE MASSARD DA; King, Elizabeth. The Political Economy of Vaccines during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Journal of Health Politics Policy and Law, v. 49 , p. 1-8 , 2024.

KAVANAGH, M.; WENHAM, C.; FONSECA, ELIZE MASSARD DA; HELFER, L.; NYUKURI, E.  MALECHE, A.; HALABI, S.; RADHAKRISHNAN, A.; WARIS, A. Increasing Compliance With International Pandemic Law: International Relations and New Global Health Agreements. LANCET, v. 402, p. 1097-1106, 2023.

FONSECA, E.M.; SHADLEN, K. C.; ACHCAR, H. M. Vaccine Technology Transfer in a Global Health Crisis: actors, capabilities, and institutions. Research Policy, v. 52, p. 1-10, 2023.

FONSECA, E.M.; JARMAN, H.; King, Elizabeth; GREER, S. L. Perspectives in the Study of the Political Economy of COVID -19 Vaccine Regulation. Regulation & Governance, v. 16, p. 1283-1289, 2022.

Greer, Scott ; JARMAN, H. ; King, Elizabeth ; FONSECA, ELIZE M. ; RAJ, M. ; FALKENBACH, M. . Social Policy as an Integral Component of Pandemic Response: learning from COVID-19 in Brazil, Germany, India and the United States. Global Public Health (online), v. 16, p. 1209-1222, 2021.

FONSECA, ELIZE M.; NATTRASS, N. ; BENITES-LAZARO, L. ; BASTOS, F. I. Political Discourse, Denialism and Leadership Failure in Brazil?s Response to COVID-19. Global Public Health, v. 16, p. 1251-1266, 2021.

LIMA, I. A. ; FONSECA, ELIZE M. . Captura ou Não Captura? Perspectivas analíticas no estudo de políticas regulatórias. Revista de Administração Pública (Impresso), v. 55, p. 625-643, 2021.

FONSECA, ELIZE M.; SHADLEN, K. C. ; BASTOS, F. I. . The Politics of COVID-19 Vaccination in Middle-Income Countries: Lessons from Brazil. Social Science & Medicine, v. 281, p. 114093, 2021.

COSTA, N. R.; DA FONSECA, ELIZE MASSARD. O Índice de Capital Humano: Um Desafio para o Brasil. Ciencia & Saude Coletiva, v. 25, p. 1-4, 2020.

DA FONSECA, ELIZE MASSARD. State-Sponsored Activism: Bureaucrats and Social Movements in Democratic Brazil. The Journal of Development Studies, v. 56, p. 1430-1431, 2020.

GREER, SCOTT L.; KING, ELIZABETH J.; DA FONSECA, ELIZE MASSARD; PERALTA-SANTOS, ANDRE. The Comparative Politics of COVID-19: The Need to Understand Government Responses. Global Public Health, v. 1, p. 1-4, 2020.

DA FONSECA, ELIZE M. SHADLEN, KENNETH; BASTOS, FRANCISCO I. Brazil's Fight Against Hepatitis C - Universalism, Local Production, and Patents. The New England Journal of Medicine, v. 380, p. 605-607, 2019.

DA FONSECA, ELIZE MASSARD; TEIXEIRA, M. R.; COSTA, N. R. Building Effective Collaboration between Health Systems and the Life Sciences Industry. Development in Practice (Print), v. 29, p. 957-964, 2019.

Fonseca, E. Da; SEGATTO, C. Teaching Qualitative Research Methods in Political Science: Does one Size Fits all? Journal of  Political Science Education, v. 1, p. 1-7, 2019.

FONSECA, ELIZE M.; SHADLEN, K.; BASTOS, F. I. Integrating Science, Technology and Health Policies in Brazil: Incremental Change and Public Health Professionals as Agents of Reform. Journal of Latin American Studies, v. 1, p. 1-24, 2018.

DA FONSECA, ELIZE MASSARD. How Can a Policy Foster Local Pharmaceutical Production and Still Protect Public Health? Lessons from the Health-industry Complex in Brazil. Global Public Health, v. 13, p. 489-502, 2018.

DA FONSECA, ELIZE MASSARD; BASTOS, Francisco Inacio. Evolution of HIV/AIDS Response in Brazil: Policy Innovations and Challenges in the Fourth Decade of the Epidemic. International Journal of Health Planning and Management, v. 33, p. e238-250, 2018.

Fonseca, E. Da; SHADLEN, K. C. Promoting and Regulating Generic Medicines: Brazil in Comparative Perspective. Revista Panamericana de Salud Publica (Print), v. 41, p. 1-6, 2017.

FONSECA, E.M.; BASTOS, Francisco Inacio; LOPES, G. Increasing Access to Oral Anticancer Medicines in Middle-Income Countries: A Case Study of Private Health Insurance Coverage in Brazil. Journal of Global Oncology, p. 10, 2016.

Fonseca, E. Da; BASTOS, Francisco Inacio. Implementing Intellectual Property of Pharmaceuticals in Middle-Income Countries: A Case Study of Patent Regulation in Brazil. Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law, v. 41, p. 423-450, 2016.

DA FONSECA, ELIZE MASSARD. Pharmaceutical Autonomy and Public Health in Latin America: State, Society, and Industry in Brazil’s AIDS Program, By M. Flynn. Journal of Development Studies, v. 52, p. 1826-1827, 2016.

FONSECA, E.M.; COSTA, N. R. Federalism, the Economic-Industrial Health Care Complex and High-Cost Pharmaceutical Assistance in Brazil. Ciência e Saúde Coletiva (Impresso), v. 20, p. 1165-1176, 2015.

FONSECA, E.M. Relevance of Variation in Use of Terminology to Define Generic Pharmaceutical Products. Pan American Journal of Public Health, v. 37, p. 113-117, 2015.

DA FONSECA, ELIZE MASSARD. Reforming Pharmaceutical Regulation: A Case Study of Generic Drugs in Brazil. Policy & Society, v. 33, p. 65-76, 2014.

FONSECA, E.M.; BASTOS, Francisco Inacio. AIDS Advocacy and Intellectual Property Regulation in Brazil: Information and Influence. Journal of the International AIDS Society, v. 17, p. 19396, 2014.

SHADLEN, K. C.; FONSECA, E. M. D. Health Policy as Industrial Policy: Brazil in Comparative Perspective. Politics & Society, v. 41, p. 561-587, 2013.

ADOLPH, CHRISTOPHER; GREER, SCOTT L.; MASSARD DA FONSECA, ELIZE. Allocation of Authority in European Health Policy. Social Science & Medicine (1982), v. 75, p. 1595-1603, 2012.

MALTA, Mônica; CAVALCANTI, S.; GLIKSMAN, Louis; ADLAF, Edward; HACKER, Mariana; BERTONI, Neilane; FONSECA, E.M.; BASTOS, Francisco Inacio. Behavior and Major Barriers Faced by Non-injectable Drug Users with HBV/HCV Seeking Treatment for Hepatitis and Drug Addiction in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Ciência e Saúde Coletiva (Impresso), v. 16, p. 4777-4786, 2011.

NUNN, A. S.; DA FONSECA, E. M.; BASTOS, F. I.; GRUSKIN, S. AIDS Treatment In Brazil: Impacts And Challenges. Health Affairs, v. 28, p. 1103-1113, 2009.

NUNN, A.; Fonseca, E. Da; GRUSKIN, S. Changing Global Essential Medicines Norms to Improve Access to AIDS Treatment: Lessons from Brazil. Global Public Health (Print), v. 4, p. 131-149, 2009.

GREER, S. L.; DA FONSECA, E. M.; ADOLPH, C. Mobilizing Bias in Europe: Lobbies, Democracy and EU Health Policy-Making. European Union Politics, v. 9, p. 403-433, 2008.

FONSECA, E.M.; NUNN, Amy; SOUZA, Paulo Borges; BASTOS, Francisco Inacio; RIBEIRO, José Mendes. Descentralização, AIDS e Redução de Danos: A Implementação de Políticas Públicas no Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. Cadernos de Saúde Pública (ENSP. Impresso), v. 23, p. 2134-2144, 2007.

NUNN, AMY S.; FONSECA, ELIZE M.; BASTOS, FRANCISCO I.; GRUSKIN, SOFIA; SALOMON, JOSHUA A. Evolution of Antiretroviral Drug Costs in Brazil in the Context of Free and Universal Access to AIDS Treatment. PLoS Medicine, v. 4, p. e305, 2007.

FONSECA, E.M.; RIBEIRO, José Mendes; BERTONI, Neilane; BASTOS, Francisco Inacio. Syringe Exchange Programs in Brazil: Preliminary Assessment of 45 Programs. Cadernos de Saúde Pública (ENSP. Impresso), v. 22, n.4, p. 761-770, 2006.

FEHRINGER, Jessica; BASTOS, FRANCISCO I.; MASSARD, ELIZE; MAIA, Leonardo; PILOTTO, J.H.; KERRIGAN, Deanna. Supporting Adherence to Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy and Protected Sex Among People Living with HIV/AIDS: The Role of Patient-Provider Communication in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. AIDS Patient Care and STDs, v. 20, p. 637-648, 2006.

FONSECA, E.M. Controlling Illegal Drugs: A Comparative Study. International Journal on Drug Policy, UK, v. 16, n.2, p. 133-134, 2005.

Books: 

Greer, Scott (Org.); King, Elizabeth (Org.); PERALTA-SANTOS, ANDRE (Org.); MASSARD DA FONSECA, ELIZE (Org.). Coronavirus Politics. 1. ed. University of Michigan Press, 2021. 639p.

DA FONSECA, E. M. The Politics of Pharmaceutical Policy Reform. 1a. ed. New York: Springer, 2015. 117p .

Book chapters: 

DAVIDIAN, A.; FONSECA, E.M. The Healthcare System in Brazil: a primary care approach. In: Lisboa, E., Gomes, R., Martins, H. (Org.) The Brazilian Way of Doing Public Administration. 1ed.Bingley: Emerald Publishing Limited, 2023, v, p. 163-176.

FONSECA, E.M.; SEGATTO, CATARINA; BASTOS, F. I. COVID-19 Inequalities in Brazil: health, education, and social assistance policies. In: Johnson-Lans, Shirley. (Org.). Global Perspectives on Wealth and Distribution. Palgrave Macmillan. 1ed.Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 2023, v. p. 69-84.

GREER, S. L.; KING, E.; FONSECA, ELIZE M. Introduction: Explaining Pandemic Response. In: Greer, S; King, K; Peralta, A; Fonseca, E. (Org.). Coronavirus Politics: The Comparative Politics and Policy of COVID-19. 1ed. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2021, v. 1, p. 3-33.

GREER, S. L.; FONSECA, ELIZE M.; KING, ELIZABETH J. Conclusion. In: Greer, S; King, K; Peralta, A; Fonseca, E. (Org.). Coronavirus Politics: The Comparative Politics and Policy of COVID-19. 1ed. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2021, v. 1, p. 615-638.

FONSECA, ELIZE M.; NATTRASS, N.; ARANTES, L.; BASTOS, Francisco Inacio. COVID-19 in Brazil: Presidential Denialism and the Subnational Government's Response. In: Greer, S; King, K; Peralta, A; Fonseca, E. (Org.). Coronavirus Politics: The Comparative Politics and Policy of COVID-19. 1ed. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2021, v., p. 494-510.

FONSECA, ELIZE M.; BASTOS, Francisco Inacio. As Lições Aprendidas com a Resposta do Sistema de Saúde. In: Muller, L. (Org.). Legado de uma Pandemia: 26 Vozes Discutem o Aprendizado para Política Pública. 1ed. Rio de Janeiro: Editora Autografia Edição e Comunicação Ltda, 2021, v., p. 225-243.

ARRETCHE, M.; FONSECA, ELIZE M. Brazil: Local Government Role in Health Care. In: Gregory P. Marchildon and Thomas J. Bossert. (Org.). Federalism and Decentralization in Health Care: A Decision Space Approach. 1aed.: University of Toronto Press, 2018, v., p. 40-50.

Fonseca, E. Da; BASTOS, F. I. Licenciamento Compulsório do Efavirenz no Brasil: Um Mecanismo Sui-generis ou Aplicável a Outros Produtos? In: Nunes, João e Curzel, Rosana. (Org.). Patentes e o Acesso a Antirretrovirais no Brasil: O Desafio do Licenciamento Compulsório. 1aed.Curitiba: Appris, 2017, v., p. 135-162.

Fonseca, E. Da; BERTONI, Neilane; BASTOS, Francisco Inacio. Contextos e Modalidades de Uso do Crack: Principais Achados do Componente Qualitativo da Pesquisa Nacional Sobre o Uso de Crack e Similares. In: Bertoni, N e Bastos, FI. (Org.). Pesquisa Nacional sobre o Uso do Crack II: Subestudo Qualitativo e Detalhamento das Estimativas Para as Capitais Brasileiras. 1aed.Rio de Janeiro: Fiocruz, 2016, v. , p. 12-75.

GREER, S.; FONSECA, E.M. Decentralization and Health System Governance. In: Ellen Kuhlmann, Robert H. Blank, Ivy Lynn Bourgeault, Claus Wendt. (Org.). The Palgrave International Handbook of Healthcare Policy and Governance. 1ed.London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2015, v., p. 1-11.

FONSECA, E.M.; BASTOS, Francisco Inacio. Brazilian Response to the HIV/AIDS Epidemic: Integrating Prevention and Treatment. In: Lobato, L; Vaitsman, J; Ribeiro, J. (Org.). Policy analysis in Brazil. 1sted.Bristol: The Policy Press, 2013, v., p. 149-161.

FONSECA, E.M.; BASTOS, Francisco Inacio. Os Tratados Internacionais Anti-drogas e o Brasil: Políticas, Desafios e Perspectivas. In: Alarcon, S e Jorge, M. (Org.). Álcool e Outras Drogas: Diálogos sobre um Mal-estar Contemporâneo. 1ed.Rio de Janeiro: Fiocruz, 2012, v., p. 15-44.

FONSECA, E.M. Intellectual Property Enforcement in the European Union. In: Geer, S; Kurzer, P. (Org.). European Union Public Health Policy: Regional and Global Trends. 1sted.New York: Routledge, 2012, v., p. 11-111.

FONSECA, E.M.; BASTOS, Francisco Inacio. Políticas de Redução de Danos em Perspectiva: Comparando as Experiências Americana, Britânica e Brasileira. In: Gilberta Acselrad. (Org.). Avessos do Prazer: Drogas, AIDS e Direitos Humanos. 2ed.Rio de Janeiro: Fiocruz, 2005, v., p. 289-310.