Malo André Hutson is an Assistant Professor in the Department of City and Regional Planning at the University of California at Berkeley.  His research focuses on community and economic development, regional planning, workforce development, and community health.  In addition, Professor Hutson focuses on urban policy and politics and the role of public/private institutions in influencing urban development. 

Professor Hutson's current research includes an analysis of metropolitan fragmentation and racial residential segregation and its relationship to health. Specifically he is investigating how multiple political jurisdictions within a metropolitan region affect the distribution of resources across racial and class lines.  Professor Hutson is also working on a national research project that examines the relationship between the built environment and health disparities. Finally, Dr. Hutson is writing a book that analyzes the role of hospitals and medical facilities as economic generators within central cities. In this book he discuses how challenges often arise between large medical complexes and adjacent communities around jobs, economic development, and access to health.