Mark R. Dybul
{{short description|American diplomat}}
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| order = 2nd
| office = United States Global AIDS Coordinator
| term_start = August 2006
| term_end = January 2009
Acting: March to August 2006
| predecessor = Randall L. Tobias
| successor = Eric Goosby
| president = George W. Bush
| birth_name = Mark Richard Dybul{{cite web |url=https://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/nominations/452.html |title=Presidential Nomination |publisher=George W. Bush White House Archives |accessdate=2021-01-07}}
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| nationality = American
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| education = Georgetown University
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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.{{cite news |url=https://www.msh.org/news-events/press-room/dr-mark-dybul-former-executive-director-of-the-global-fund-and-us-global-aids |title=Dr. Mark Dybul, former Executive Director of the Global Fund and U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator, Appointed to the Board of Directors of MSH |work=Management Sciences for Health |publisher=Management Sciences for Health |date=2018-04-27 |accessdate=2019-09-07 }} From 2021 to Oct 2024, he was the CEO of Renovaro Biosciences.{{Cite web|url=https://renovarobio.com/About/board-of-directors/person-details/default.aspx?ItemId=5e65e0ec-fa2c-41a1-9385-fe127e602f53|title=Renovaro BioSciences Inc. | About - Board of Directors - Person Details|website=renovarobio.com}} {{Cite web|url=https://ir.renovarogroup.com/news/news-details/2024/Renovaro-Announces-Strategic-Restructuring-and-Leadership-Transition/default.aspx |title=Renovaro Announces Strategic Restructuring and Leadership Transition |website=renovarobio.com}} Since 2022, he is the Board Chairperson of Purpose Africa.{{Cite web|url=https://www.purposeafrica.com/leadership/|title=Leadership - Purpose Africa|website=purposeafrica.com |access-date=2023-08-20}} He is also a Georgetown University professor in the Department of Medicine at the Medical Center and a senior advisor at the Center for Global Health Practice and Impact. He is a member of the Global Health Initiative faculty committee. {{Cite web|url=https://globalhealth.georgetown.edu/people/mark-dybul |title=Georgetown University - Global Health Institute |access-date=2023-08-20}}
File:Newly sworn-in Ambassador Mark Dybul, Coordinator of the Office of the US Global AIDS, looks at Mrs. Laura Bush.jpg during his swearing-in on October 10, 2006]]
Biography
=Early life and education=
Mark Dybul was born September 23, 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 under Tony Fauci at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (1998).{{Cite web|url=https://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/government/mdybul-bio.html|title=Ambassador Mark R. Dybul|website=georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov}}
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.{{citation needed|date=August 2018}}
Career
Dybul started his career by working with AIDS patients in San Francisco, California. 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 from 2006 to 2009.{{cite web|url=http://www.theglobalfund.org/en/about/secretariat/executivedirector/ |title=Search for the Global Fund Executive Director - the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria |accessdate=2012-11-23 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121109044744/http://www.theglobalfund.org/en/about/secretariat/executivedirector/ |archivedate=2012-11-09 }}{{cite journal|last=Varmus|first=Harold|title=Making PEPFAR|journal=Science & Diplomacy|date=1 December 2013|volume=2|issue=4|url=http://www.sciencediplomacy.org/article/2013/making-pepfar}} However, he is a registered Independent.[https://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/31/health/31aids.html?hp After Departure, No Leader for U.S. AIDS Program]. The New York Times. January 30, 2009. He is the first out gay ambassador with the rank of Assistant Secretary of State.{{Cite journal |last=Hammond |first=William M. |date=2010-09-01 |title=U.S. Department of State: Office of the Historian |url=https://academic.oup.com/jah/article-abstract/97/2/592/904555?redirectedFrom=fulltext&login=false |journal=Journal of American History |volume=97 |issue=2 |pages=592–593 |doi=10.1093/jahist/97.2.592 |issn=0021-8723 |url-access=subscription }}
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. 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 http://www.sacbee.com/2012/11/15/4988816/global-fund-appoints-mark-dybul.html]{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} 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".{{Cite web|url=http://www.theglobalfund.org/en/board/meetings/twentyeighth/supportstatements/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121226025945/http://www.theglobalfund.org/en/board/meetings/twentyeighth/supportstatements/|url-status=dead|title=Statements of Support on Executive Director Appointment|archivedate=December 26, 2012}} 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".{{Cite web|url=http://www.theglobalfund.org/en/blog/30818/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121203002707/http://www.theglobalfund.org/en/blog/30818/|url-status=dead|title=News Flash Special: Interview with Mark Dybul|archivedate=December 3, 2012}} 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 codirector of the Center for Global Health Practice and Impact. He is a member of the [https://globalhealth.georgetown.edu/people Global Health Initiative] faculty committee.{{Cite web | url=https://globalhealth.georgetown.edu/people/mark-dybul |title = Mark Dybul}} From 2020 until 2022, Dybul served as a member of the Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response, a group examining how the World Health Organization and countries handled the COVID-19 pandemic, co-chaired by Helen Clark and Ellen Johnson Sirleaf.Stephanie Nebehay and Kate Kelland (September 3, 2020), [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-panel/pandemic-review-panel-named-includes-miliband-ex-mexican-president-idUSKBN25U1RB Pandemic review panel named, includes Miliband, ex Mexican president] Reuters. In the preparations for the Global Health Summit hosted by the European Commission and the G20 in May 2021, he was a member of the event's High Level Scientific Panel.[https://global-health-summit.europa.eu/panel-scientific-experts_en Global Health Summit: Panel of Scientific Experts] European Commission. Since 2022, he is the Board Chairperson of Purpose Africa.{{Cite web|url=https://www.purposeafrica.com/leadership/ |title=About Us |website=purposelifesciences.com |access-date=2023-08-20}}
=Philanthropy=
Dybul serves on the boards of the Clinton Health Access Initiative, IAVI, Big Win Philanthropy, the Elton John AIDS Foundation, and Global Health Corps. {{Cite web | url=https://www.bigwin.org/team/ |title = Team}}[http://www.georgetownglobalforum.com/program/profiles/dr.-mark-dybul/ Georgetown Global Forum Profile] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090422032156/http://www.georgetownglobalforum.com/program/profiles/dr.-mark-dybul/ |date=2009-04-22 }}[http://www.accordiafoundation.org Accordia Global Health Foundation].{{Cite web|url=https://www.msh.org/news-events/press-room/dr-mark-dybul-former-executive-director-of-the-global-fund-and-us-global-aids|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20211208062552/https://www.msh.org/news-events/press-room/dr-mark-dybul-former-executive-director-of-the-global-fund-and-us-global-aids|archivedate=2021-12-08|title=DR. MARK DYBUL, FORMER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE GLOBAL FUND AND U.S. GLOBAL AIDS COORDINATOR, APPOINTED TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF MSH|website=Management Sciences for Health}}{{cite web | url=https://www.iavi.org/about/board-of-directors/mark-dybul | title=The Hon. Mark Dybul }}{{cite web | url=https://www.bigwin.org/team/ | title=Team }}{{cite web | url=https://www.eltonjohnaidsfoundation.org/about-us/our-team/#team-popup-grey-6 | title=Our Team }}{{cite web | url=https://ghcorps.org/board-member/mark-dybul/ | title=Mark Dybul | Global Health Corps | date=16 November 2015 }}
Personal life
References
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External links
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