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.[1]

Mark R. Dybul with Laura Bush during his swearing-in on October 10, 2006
Mark R. Dybul
Mark R. Dybul with Condoleezza Rice, Laura Bush, and his family at his swearing-in on October 10, 2006
NationalityAmerican
EducationGeorgetown University
OccupationDiplomat

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).[2]

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.[3] 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.[4][5] However, he is a registered Independent.[3]

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.[3] On November 15, 2012, he was appointed the next Executive Director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.[6] 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".[7] 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".[8] 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.[9]

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.[10][11][12][13][14]

Personal life

Dybul is married.[3][15]

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References

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