Dr. Edna Esquer

Assistant Professor

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Biography

Edna Esquer is an Assistant Clinical Professor at the Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing at the University of California, Davis. She serves as a health sciences clinical faculty member, focusing on clinical rotations at the Sacramento County Health Center while mentoring Doctor of Nursing Practice—Family Nurse Practitioner (DNP-FNP) students. With decades of experience as a family nurse practitioner, Esquer is dedicated to caring for medically disadvantaged populations along the California and US-Mexico border. Her passions encompass health policy and global nursing projects aimed at advancing the role of nurses in low- and middle-income countries. Esquer has collaborated with multiple community partnerships, including Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) and mobile medical units, to serve hard-to-reach regions in California. Prior to her role at UC Davis, she was a Postdoctoral fellow at the National Clinician Scholars Program at the University of California, San Francisco, where she established research collaborations with Partners in Health in Chiapas, Mexico, and the National Autonomous University of Mexico's School of Nursing. Currently, her research focuses on community engagement initiatives that promote global nursing health equity, particularly addressing the role of nursing in rural Chiapas, Mexico, to improve health outcomes for patients with chronic diseases.

Research Interests

Requirements for University of California, Davis

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3
TOEFL
Listening
Required:20
Reading
Required:20
Writing
Required:20
Speaking
Required:20
Total
Required:80
IELTS
Overall
Required:7
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field ECS 120 (Theory of Computation) ECS 122A (Algorithm Design and Analysis) ECS 140A (Programming Languages) or ECS 160 (Software Engineering) ECS 150 (Operating Systems) or ECS 154B (Computer Architecture)
Application Checklist
  • Online application
  • Application fee
  • Three letters of recommendation
  • Transcripts
  • Statement of Purpose
  • Personal History Statement
  • CV/Resume
Specialization Notes

Department of Computer Science. GRE is NOT required.