81st MDG clinical research lab wins poster award for diabetes research Published April 21, 2011 By Steve Pivnick 81st Medical Group Public Affairs KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss. -- Members of the 81st Medical Group Clinical Research Laboratory were recently honored for their work on a joint research study involving the medical group and Mississippi State University. The ongoing research involves diagnostic markers for diabetes mellitus and received the Top Research Poster Award at the Society of Armed Forces Medical Laboratory Scientists Conference held in New Orleans March 27-31. The 81st MDG research product competed among posters from 23 Air Force, Army and Navy scientific personnel. The lead author on the research is Maj. Paul Eden, an Air Force Institute of Technology Ph.D. student at MSU. He is conducting his research using 81st MDG subjects and analysis at the CRL analytical lab. Staff Sgt. Ashley Lovieno is lead laboratory technician on the study, Brenly Porral provided research coordination while CRL senior scientist Dr. James Watt and CRL director Lt. Col. Eric Olsen are senior research personnel on the study. The CRL falls under the 81st Medical Support Squadron.