Wunmi Bakare

Patient and Advocacy Trailblazer

 

Wunmi Bakare is a multicultural citizen and advocacy trailblazer in the sickle cell and rare disease communities. Fueled by purpose and the pursuit of social inclusion, her advocacy efforts focus on erasing the stigma of sickle cell disease through proactive and reactive engagement with the media.  

She sits on the curative therapy advisory board for Beam Therapeutics, Vertex Pharmaceuticals, and Healthful Data and is a patient ambassador for Health Union and Picnic Health (formerly AllStripes). She was diagnosed with the most severe type of sickle cell disease (HbSS) at 18 months then participated in a clinical trial at the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NIH-NHLBI) where she received an allogeneic stem cell transplant in 2019. 

Bakare thrives as the Founder of WBPR Agency working across diverse corporate disciplines and providing strategic media counsel to top brands. In 2020, she launched #SickleCellProdigy, a platform that celebrates the lived experience of sickle cell patients globally. 

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