Mark R. Dybul

Mark R. Dybul (born 1963) is an American diplomat, physician and medical researcher. He served as the executive director of The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria from 2012 until 2017.[2]

Mark R. Dybul
Mark Dybul in 2006
2nd United States Global AIDS Coordinator
In office
August 2006 – January 2009
Acting: March to August 2006
PresidentGeorge W. Bush
Preceded byRandall L. Tobias
Succeeded byEric Goosby
Personal details
Born
Mark Richard Dybul[1]

1963 (age 57–58)
NationalityAmerican
EducationGeorgetown University
OccupationDiplomat


Mark R. Dybul with Laura Bush during his swearing-in on October 10, 2006

Biography

Early life and education

Mark Dybul was born in 1963. He received his A.B. (1985) and M.D. (1992) from Georgetown University and completed his residency in internal medicine at the University of Chicago Hospitals (1995) and a fellowship in infectious diseases at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (1998).[3]

Medical and clinical research

Dybul's scientific and clinical research interests have covered the fields of molecular biology, microbiology, virology, pharmacology and especially infectious diseases. He and his colleagues have published in these fields, and he has spoken at medical conferences in infectious diseases.

Career

Dybul started his career by working with AIDS patients in San Francisco, California.[4] Under the presidency of George W. Bush, he was appointed as the United States Global AIDS Coordinator, leading the implementation of the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) from 2006 to 2009.[5][6] However, he is a registered Independent.[4]

Dybul was asked to stay on temporarily during the Barack Obama presidency transition, but was required to resign following the administration change, as he was a political appointee of the Bush administration.[4] On November 15, 2012, he was appointed the next Executive Director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.[7] His selection as Executive Director by the Global Fund's Board during its 28th meeting in Geneva was met with praise from both donors and the development community. World Bank President Jim Yong Kim called Dybul's appointment a "superb choice for a crucial role".[8] In an interview published in the Global Fund's digital newsletter, Dybul said his role as the Global Fund's new head "will be to maintain the strong forward trajectory of the Fund in order to end the three diseases".[9] He assumed his role of head of the Global Fund in February 2013.

Dybul is a professor in the Department of Medicine at the Medical Center of Georgetown University and the co-director of the Center for Global Health Practice and Impact. He is a member of the Global Health Initiative faculty committee.[10] Since 2020, Dybul has been serving as a member of the Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response (IPPR), an independent group examining how the World Health Organization (WHO) and countries handled the COVID-19 pandemic, co-chaired by Helen Clark and Ellen Johnson Sirleaf.[11]

Philanthropy

Dybul serves on the boards of Malaria No More, the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, the Children's Investment Fund Foundation, the Global Business Coalition for Health, Georgetown University's O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law, the Accordia Global Health Foundation, and Management Sciences for Health. He serves on the boards of the Elton John AIDS Foundation, Big Win Philanthropy, and Enochian Biosciences.[12][13][14][15][16]

Personal life

Dybul is married.[4][17]

References
  1. "Presidential Nomination". George W. Bush White House Archives. Retrieved 2021-01-07.
  2. "Dr. Mark Dybul, former Executive Director of the Global Fund and U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator, Appointed to the Board of Directors of MSH". Management Sciences for Health. Management Sciences for Health. 2018-04-27. Retrieved 2019-09-07.
  3. Ambassador Mark R. Dybul, U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator
  4. After Departure, No Leader for U.S. AIDS Program. The New York Times. January 30, 2009.
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-11-09. Retrieved 2012-11-23.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. Varmus, Harold (1 December 2013). "Making PEPFAR". Science & Diplomacy. 2 (4).
  7. http://www.sacbee.com/2012/11/15/4988816/global-fund-appoints-mark-dybul.html
  8. http://www.theglobalfund.org/en/board/meetings/twentyeighth/supportstatements/ Archived 2012-12-26 at the Wayback Machine
  9. http://www.theglobalfund.org/en/blog/30818/ Archived 2012-12-03 at the Wayback Machine
  10. "Mark Dybul".
  11. Stephanie Nebehay and Kate Kelland (September 3, 2020), Pandemic review panel named, includes Miliband, ex Mexican president Reuters.
  12. "Enochian BioSciences".
  13. "Team".
  14. Georgetown Global Forum Profile Archived 2009-04-22 at the Wayback Machine
  15. Accordia Global Health Foundation.
  16. Dr. Mark Dybul Joins MSH Board of Directors
  17. Wright, Robin (16 April 2007). "At State, a Friendlier Workplace". The Washington Post. p. A15.
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