Sofie Brouwers studied medicine at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Belgium). After her graduation in 2011, she started a PhD at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel and Boston University as a fellow of the Research Foundation Flanders (FWO). Her doctoral research focused on arterial hypertension, and more specifically on the role of the AT2 receptor in the central regulation of blood pressure and renal hemodynamics. Upon completing her PhD, she continued her studies in Internal Medicine at the University Hospital in Brussels. In 2016, she joined the University Hospital in Zürich to pursue her Cardiology training, where she was active as the Chief Medical Resident for Cardiology. During her time in Zürich, she was actively involved in the coordination the Swiss amyloidosis register. Since November 2019, she works at the OLV Aalst hospital (Belgium) as a staff member in Cardiology.