Mark R. Dybul (born September 23, 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. Newly sworn-in Ambassador Mark Dybul, Coordinator of the Office of the US Global AIDS, looks at Mrs

Newly sworn-in Ambassador Mark Dybul, Coordinator of the Office of the US Global AIDS, looks at Mrs

Biography

Early life and education

Mark Dybul was born September 23, 1963. He received his

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(1985) and

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(1992) from

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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).

Medical and clinical research

Dybul's scientific and clinical research interests have covered the fields of

molecular biology Molecular biology is the branch of biology that seeks to understand the molecular basis of biological activity in and between cells, including biomolecular synthesis, modification, mechanisms, and interactions. The study of chemical and physi ...

microbiology Microbiology () is the scientific study of microorganisms, those being unicellular (single cell), multicellular (cell colony), or acellular (lacking cells). Microbiology encompasses numerous sub-disciplines including virology, bacteriology, prot ...

virology Virology is the Scientific method, scientific study of biological viruses. It is a subfield of microbiology that focuses on their detection, structure, classification and evolution, their methods of infection and exploitation of host (biology), ...

pharmacology Pharmacology is a branch of medicine, biology and pharmaceutical sciences concerned with drug or medication action, where a drug may be defined as any artificial, natural, or endogenous (from within the body) molecule which exerts a biochemica ...

and especially

infectious diseases An infection is the invasion of tissues by pathogens, their multiplication, and the reaction of host tissues to the infectious agent and the toxins they produce. An infectious disease, also known as a transmissible disease or communicable dise ...

. 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

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. Under the presidency of

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, 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. However, he is a registered Independent.After Departure, No Leader for U.S. AIDS Program
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''. January 30, 2009. He is the first out gay ambassador with the rank of Assistant Secretary of State. Dybul was asked to stay on temporarily during the

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presidency transition, but was required to resign following the administration change, as he was a political appointee of the Bush administration. On November 15, 2012, he was appointed the next Executive Director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.http://www.sacbee.com/2012/11/15/4988816/global-fund-appoints-mark-dybul.html
/ref> His selection as Executive Director by

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's Board during its 28th meeting in Geneva was met with praise from both donors and the development community.

World Bank The World Bank is an international financial institution that provides loans and grants to the governments of low- and middle-income countries for the purpose of pursuing capital projects. The World Bank is the collective name for the Interna ...

President Jim Yong Kim called Dybul's appointment a "superb choice for a crucial role".http://www.theglobalfund.org/en/board/meetings/twentyeighth/supportstatements/
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". 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. From 2020 until 2022, Dybul served as a member of the Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response (IPPR), an independent group examining how the

World Health Organization The World Health Organization (WHO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for international public health. The WHO Constitution states its main objective as "the attainment by all peoples of the highest possible level of h ...

(WHO) and countries handled the

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, co-chaired by

Helen Clark Helen Elizabeth Clark (born 26 February 1950) is a New Zealand politician who served as the 37th prime minister of New Zealand from 1999 to 2008, and was the administrator of the United Nations Development Programme from 2009 to 2017. She was ...

and

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (born Ellen Eugenia Johnson, 29 October 1938) is a Liberian politician who served as the 24th president of Liberia from 2006 to 2018. Sirleaf was the first elected female head of state in Africa. Sirleaf was born in Mon ...

. In the preparations for the Global Health Summit hosted by the

European Commission The European Commission (EC) is the executive of the European Union (EU). It operates as a cabinet government, with 27 members of the Commission (informally known as "Commissioners") headed by a President. It includes an administrative body o ...

and the

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in May 2021, he was a member of the event's High Level Scientific Panel.

Philanthropy

Dybul serves on the boards of the Clinton Health Access Initiative, IAVI, Big Win Philanthropy, the Elton John AIDS Foundation, Global Health Corps, and Enochian Biosciences.

Personal life

Dybul is openly gay. He is married to Jason Claire.

References

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