Mark Dybul

Ambassador Mark R. Dybul co-directs the Global Health Law Program at the O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law at Georgetown University, where he is also a Distinguished Visiting Scholar. He also serves as Senior Counselor for the Global Business Coalition on HIV, Tuberculosis and Malaria.

Ambassador Dybul served as the United States Global AIDS Coordinator from 2006 to the end of the Bush Administration. In that role, he led the implementation of the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), the largest international health initiative in history for a single disease. He oversaw U.S. government engagement in the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria and was Chair of the Finance and Audit Committee. He also served as chair of the Joint United Nations Programme on AIDS’ coordinating board and as a member of the board of trustees of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.

Prior to assuming the post of Ambassador, Dr. Dybul was Acting, Deputy and Assistant Coordinator, and was a member of the Planning Task Force that created PEPFAR. In the various roles, he was the principal architect of the initial plan and implementation of PEPFAR. He also led President Bush’s International Prevention of Mother and Child HIV initiative at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), was the Executive Secretary for HHS guideline for adult and adolescent HIV therapy and was a member of the writing committee for the World Health Organization’s guidelines on the use of antiretroviral therapy. At HHS, Dr. Dybul served as the assistant director for medical affairs at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and the National Institutes of Health and was the principal investigator of basic and clinical research with as particular emphasis on HIV treatment in Africa.

Ambassador Dybul is well published in scientific and policy literature. He has received several Honorary Degrees and significant awards. He currently serves on numerous national and international Boards.

Dr. Dybul received his A.B. in philosophy and M.D. from Georgetown University before completing a residency in Internal Medicine at the University of Chicago Hospitals in 1992 and a fellowship in Infectious Diseases from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases in 1995.