Swaminathan Sethu

Swaminathan Sethu is a principal investigator and scientist in immunology at the GROW Research Laboratory of the Narayana Nethralaya Foundation, Bengaluru, India, where Dr. Sethu has worked since 2015. After a dental degree (BDS) from The Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University, Chennai, Dr. Sethu earned an MSc by research in restorative dentistry and a PhD in molecular and cellular immunology at the National University of Singapore. Postdoctoral work followed at the National University of Singapore and at the MRC Centre for Drug Safety Science, University of Liverpool, United Kingdom. Research at the laboratory focuses on immune mechanisms in eye disease, with published studies on dry eye disease, tear fluid inflammatory markers, ocular surface immune cells and keratoconus.