Dingle Spence, MD

Dingle Spence is a Jamaican oncologist and palliative care physician, and a founder of Hope Institute Hospital in Kingston, where she has worked to build cancer and palliative services in a setting with few specialist resources. She is a health justice advocate and has served as chief medical officer of Psyence Jamaica, working on the therapeutic potential of naturally occurring psychedelics in palliative care.

Her advocacy addresses global inequities in access to pain relief and palliative care, particularly in low- and middle-income countries.