Biography     

Charles Dion, M.A. is the Director of the Policy and Services Research Data Center (PSRDC) in the Department of Mental Health Law and Policy at the Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute (FMHI), University of South Florida.  He received both his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from the University of South Florida in Mathematics. His Master’s degree has a concentration in Statistics. Following the completion of his Master’s degree he went to work for Florida Medical Quality Assurance, Inc. (FMQAI), the Florida Medicare Quality Improvement Organization as a Data Analyst where he worked for fourteen years developing expertise in data mining and the statistical analysis of large administrative data bases, primarily Medicare claims data, and steadily increasing his level of responsibility. The positions he held were Data Analyst, Statistician, Lead Statistician, Director of Analytic Services, and Chief Analytic Officer.