Gertrudis Benz Inalaf

Gertrudis Benz Inalaf is a Researcher in the Department of Epidemiology at Erasmus University Medical Center in Rotterdam, Netherlands. Her work focuses on population-based studies examining the relationship between body composition, chronic diseases, and health outcomes in older adults.

Dr. Benz Inalaf's research interests span several key areas in geriatric epidemiology:

• Sarcopenia and sarcopenic obesity
• Chronic respiratory diseases including COPD and asthma
• Body composition changes in aging populations
• Mortality risk factors in older adults
• Effects of medications like corticosteroids on muscle health
• Frailty transitions in individuals with chronic conditions

Her publication record demonstrates a strong focus on how muscle health interacts with chronic diseases to affect mortality and functional outcomes in aging populations. She frequently employs large population-based study designs to investigate these relationships, with notable work on protein intake's role in sarcopenia, the mortality implications of sarcopenic obesity, and how corticosteroid use affects muscle-related traits in chronic respiratory conditions.

Dr. Benz Inalaf collaborates extensively with researchers across Erasmus MC including Rivadeneira, F., Ikram, M.A., Lahousse, L., and Stricker, B.H. Her work has received significant attention, with publications referenced in policy documents, picked up by numerous news outlets (13 for her JAMA Network Open paper), and widely shared on social media platforms.