2025 Pitkin Award and 2025 Kaminetzky Prize Paper

The Editors of Obstetrics & Gynecology are pleased to announce the winners of the 2025 Roy M. Pitkin Award and the 2025 Harold A. Kaminetzky Prize Paper. The Roy M. Pitkin Award was established in 1998 to honor excellence in obstetrics and gynecology research. The Editors independently selected articles from all those published in 2025 in this year's competition. This is a difficult task and one we take very seriously. A panel of former Editorial Board members reviewed and ranked those articles based on scientific merit, methodology, presentation of results, soundness of conclusions, writing style, and importance to the specialty. The first author of each selected article will receive $1,000. This year's winners are listed below. Panelli DM, Gladish N, Perlman NC, Leonard SA, Chueh J, Gotlib IH, Cardenas A, Bianco K. Longitudinal epigenetic aging in pregnancy and associations with adverse outcomes. Obstet Gynecol 2025;146:783–92. doi: 10.1097/AOG.0000000000006000. From the Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine and Obstetrics, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, the Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, and the Department of Psychology, Stanford University, Stanford, California. Dao AN, Komesu YM, Jansen SM, Petersen TR, Meriwether KV. Augmentation of interstitial cystitis-bladder pain syndrome treatment with meditation and yoga: a randomized controlled trial. Obstet Gynecol 2025;145:186–95. doi: 10.1097/AOG.0000000000005820. From the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, the Division of Urogynecology, and the Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico. Atwani R, Robbins L, Saade G, Kawakita T. Association of maternity care deserts with maternal and pregnancy-related mortality. Obstet Gynecol 2025;146:181–8. doi: 10.1097/AOG.0000000000005976. From the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Macon and Joan Brock Virginia Health Sciences at Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia. Wagar MK, Mojdehbakhsh RP, Reetz E, Huang D, Kao MJ, Al-Niaimi AN, Uczkowski NG, Godecker AL, Barroilhet LM, McGregor SM. Ultrasonography-based measurements of endometrial thickness in patients with p53 abnormal endometrial carcinomas. Obstet Gynecol 2025;146:881–7. doi: 10.1097/AOG.0000000000006074. From the Division of Gynecologic Oncology, the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, and the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Data Management and Statistical Core, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin; and the Department of Gynecologic Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York. The Harold A. Kaminetzky Prize Paper was established in 2008 to recognize the best article from a non-U.S. researcher each year. Dr. Harold A. Kaminetzky, former President of the American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists, had a long career as editor of major medical journals. His last editorship was as Editor of the International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics. Dr. Kaminetzky also had a long interest in international activities. Articles published in 2025 were selected by the Editors, and a panel of former Editorial Board members chose the winner. The recipient of the award will receive $1,000. This year's winner is: Bomans L, Ramirez AT, Hillemanns P, Gultekin M, Arbyn M. Prediction of treatment failure after excisional treatment of cervical precancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Obstet Gynecol 2025;146:487–99. doi: 10.1097/AOG.0000000000005997. From the Unit of Cancer Epidemiology, Belgian Cancer Centre, Scientific Institute of Public Health, and European Society of Gynaecological Oncology Prevention Committee and ENGAGe, Brussels, Belgium; Early Detection, Prevention and Infections Branch, International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France; the Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany; and the Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey. On behalf of the selection committee, the Editors, and the Editorial Board, we congratulate the recipients of the 2025 Roy M. Pitkin Award and the 2025 Harold A. Kaminetzky Prize Paper. We are proud to play a role in encouraging quality research and scientific writing that ultimately will improve the health care of women. We are also grateful to the American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists, which generously funded these grants.Roy M. Pitkin Award/Kaminetzky Prize Paper Panel, 2025 Patrick Duff, MD, Chair James Anasti, MD Veronica Lerner, MD Malavika Prabhu, MD