From the Medical Library Association (MLA), the "primary focus for this project is to develop the capacity of librarians and other interested professionals to provide disaster-related health information outreach."
"The core purpose... is to develop and provide access to health information resources and technology for disaster preparedness, response, and recovery." From the National Library of Medecine
The Public Library of Science (PLoS) is a peer-reviewed, open-access, online publisher. There online publication channel for new research is called Currents, one section of which is devoted to disaster research.