Staff Partners at Horizons Community Solutions
Horizons Community Solutions
The EPRC works closely with the Horizons Community Solutions of Albany. Staff partners at Horizons Community Solutions are often the face of the EPRC in South Georgia. Horizon’s mission is to prevent cancer and increase survival among the people of South Georgia through community-based research, outreach, screening and education – all done with compassion and in collaboration with others who are concerned about cancer. Horizons is made up of stakeholders representing diverse constituencies across a 30+county rural region that is comparatively disadvantaged in terms of socioeconomic status, and has a disproportionate burden of health risks. Horizons (formerly Cancer Coalition of South Georgia) was formed in 2001, and soon after received a Georgia Cancer Coalition (GCC) planning grant. The planning grant supported an extensive planning process and led to the designation in 2003 as one of six GCC Regional Cancer Coalitions of Excellence.
Kimberly Scott serves as Vice President of Community Health at Horizons Community Solutions, where she brings 10 years of experience in public health education, health promotion, and disease prevention. Currently, Ms. Scott provides administrative and programmatic oversight for EPRC activities conducted in South Georgia in addition to overseeing public education and outreach concerning disease prevention, screening and early detection, treatment and population-based research at Horizons. Kimberly is also responsible for implementing evidence-based models to improve health outcomes by addressing social determinants impacting community health.
Prior to joining Horizons Community Solutions, she served as a data collection specialist for the Baldwin County National Children’s Study. Kimberly also spent two years as a public health educator for the North Central Health District where she implemented evidence based adolescent health and youth development programs in rural underserved communities. A native of Milledgeville, GA, Kimberly received her Bachelor’s degree from Albany State University majoring in Biology. She also received a Master of Public Health degree concentrating in Community Health Education from Georgia Southern University.