(17.01.24) Since the beginning of 2023, medical practitioner and life scientist Dr. Teresa Gerhardt has been on a DFG Walter Benjamin Fellowship at the Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City, where she is a member of Professor Cameron McAlpine’s group investigating the connection between sleep, inflammatory processes and cardiological health. Her interview with the DFG’s Office North America covered topics such as the subject of her research project, the disadvantages of excessive sleep, favourite cities and authors, and a whole host of other things that are not directly related to science.