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At the University of Helsinki, high-quality research relevant for combatting the current coronavirus epidemic and mitigating its consequences is carried out on a wide front. The epidemic has challenged the societies on many levels and in inter-connected ways. Like the epidemic with its wide-spread societal effects, the research projects relevant for the epidemic cover many scientific fields throughout the University reflecting the diverse and high-quality research conducted at the University. In the research projects, the fight against the COVID-19 epidemic and reduction and/or prevention of its consequences is approached from multiple perspectives, often in a multi-/interdisciplinary way. The perspectives range from societal and educational to environmental and natural science-related, and naturally also to medical and health.